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A67 crash in Darlington on 15 January 2004 at 23:20 involving a Renault Laguna

A Renault Laguna and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A67 in Darlington at 23:20 on Thursday 15 January 2004. The 45-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jan 2004
Thursday, 23:20
Vehicles
2
Renault Laguna and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.51418, longitude -1.57565, in the DL3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darlington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park West, Darlington, DL3 8QS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Darlington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200411DJ02190
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
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,783 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

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 200411DJ02190 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 2004.