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C road crash in Darlington DL1 on 8 November 2002 at 19:53 involving a Rover 25

A Rover 25 crashed on a C road in Darlington at 19:53 on Friday 8 November 2002. The 15-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 2002
Friday, 19:53
Vehicles
1
Rover 25
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.54579, longitude -1.54441, in the DL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darlington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harrowgate Hill, Darlington, DL1 3DB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200211DJ32590
Council area
Darlington
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 31 July 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 25)

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 200211DJ32590 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.