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A67 crash in Darlington on 23 September 2002 at 09:05 involving a Nissan Almera

A Nissan Almera and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the A67 in Darlington at 09:05 on Monday 23 September 2002. The 20-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro and the 36-year-old female driver of the Nissan Almera were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Sep 2002
Monday, 09:05
Vehicles
2
Nissan Almera and Rover Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.53839, longitude -1.67354, in the DL2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Darlington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200211DJ26850
Council area
Darlington
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
67
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6275

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,184 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)

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 200211DJ26850 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 2002.