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Serious unclassified road crash in Darlington DL3 on 13 October 2012 at 12:20 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Darlington at 12:20 on Saturday 13 October 2012. The 83-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Oct 2012
Saturday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52831, longitude -1.5685, in the DL3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darlington. It is one of the crashes that make up the College, Darlington, DL3 7HG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Darlington

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201211SJ24952
Council area
Darlington
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 201211SJ24952 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.