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A6072 crash in Darlington on 22 November 1991 at 07:40 involving a Vauxhall Chevette

A Vauxhall Chevette and a Zastava Yugo were involved in a crash on the A6072 in Darlington at 07:40 on Friday 22 November 1991. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Nov 1991
Friday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Chevette and Zastava Yugo
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.59949, longitude -1.61208, in the DL5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Darlington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991111DJ6480
Council area
Darlington
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6072
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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 slight injury crash on 25 November 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Zastava Yugo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Zastava Yugo)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Zastava Yugo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1991111DJ6480 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.