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Serious unclassified road crash in Darlington DL3 on 19 November 1991 at 13:00 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Darlington at 13:00 on Tuesday 19 November 1991. An 85-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Nov 1991
Tuesday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.54141, longitude -1.55281, in the DL3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darlington.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991111DJ6475
Council area
Darlington
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Authorised person
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 May 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 85, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1991111DJ6475 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 1991.