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A167 crash in Darlington on 6 December 2016 at 10:25 involving a VDL SB200 bus

A vehicle and a VDL SB200 bus were involved in a crash on the A167 in Darlington at 10:25 on Tuesday 6 December 2016. A 35-year-old female passenger in the VDL SB200 bus was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 2016
Tuesday, 10:25
Vehicles
2
Vehicle and VDL SB200
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.53823, longitude -1.55223, in the DL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darlington. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Road, Darlington, DL3 0PY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Darlington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016110139975
Council area
Darlington
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
167
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
Auto traffic signal
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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1

    Vehicle type not recorded

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: VDL SB200

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    6,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (VDL SB200)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

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 2016110139975 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 2016.