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Serious C road crash in Darlington DL2 on 31 December 1985 at 09:05 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on a C road in Darlington at 09:05 on Tuesday 31 December 1985. The 18-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 1985
Tuesday, 09:05
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.57468, longitude -1.63938, in the DL2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Darlington

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985115DJ0914
Council area
Darlington
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1985115DJ0914 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Darlington road accident statistics for 1985.