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Serious B6280 crash in Darlington on 12 December 2003 at 05:05 involving a Rover 75

A Rover 75 hit a pedestrian on the B6280 in Darlington at 05:05 on Friday 12 December 2003. A 33-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Dec 2003
Friday, 05:05
Vehicles
1
Rover 75
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.51869, longitude -1.50825, in the DL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darlington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Red Hall & Lingfield, Darlington, DL1 1BE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200311DJ34550
Council area
Darlington
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6280
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Central refuge, no other controls

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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 75

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 75)

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

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 200311DJ34550 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 2003.