A167 crash in Darlington on 22 July 2012 at 14:17 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A167 in Darlington at 14:17 on Sunday 22 July 2012. The 35-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jul 2012
- Sunday, 14:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52494, longitude -1.55023, in the DL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darlington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park East, Darlington, DL1 1ND area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Darlington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201211SJ17502
- Council area
- Darlington
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 167
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6280
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 September 2025.
Serious
Tesla Model Y crash on the A167 in Darlington, 13 September 2025
6 m awayRef 2025111674527
Slight
Bus crash on the A167 in Darlington, 22 October 2003
7 m awayRef 200311DJ29490
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1157 in Darlington, 17 December 1991
7 m awayRef 1991111DJ6622
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A1157 in Darlington, 8 March 1991
7 m awayRef 1991111DJ4979
Slight
Car crash on the A1157 in Darlington, 14 December 1979
9 m awayRef 1979119DJ1339
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1157 in Darlington, 12 December 1989
9 m awayRef 1989119DJ2196
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 35, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201211SJ17502 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 2012.