Unclassified road crash in Darlington DL3 on 1 March 2014 at 13:03 involving a Ford S-Max
A car, a Ford S-Max and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Darlington at 13:03 on Saturday 1 March 2014. The 49-year-old female driver of the car, the 59-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 40-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Mar 2014
- Saturday, 13:03
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford S-Max and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52176, longitude -1.57282, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201411SJ04764
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
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The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2013.
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Serious
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: Ford S-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,521 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 31 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 59, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 3 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201411SJ04764 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 2014.