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B6280 crash in Darlington on 28 December 2007 at 19:40 involving a Skoda Favorit

A Skoda Favorit hit a pedestrian on the B6280 in Darlington at 19:40 on Friday 28 December 2007. A 56-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 2007
Friday, 19:40
Vehicles
1
Skoda Favorit
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52314, longitude -1.54265, in the DL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darlington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bank Top & Lascelles, Darlington, DL1 4ER area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Darlington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200711DJ20260
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 January 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Favorit

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda Favorit)

    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 200711DJ20260 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 2007.