A167 crash in Darlington on 20 May 2017 at 08:15 involving a VDL bus
A VDL bus crashed on the A167 in Darlington at 08:15 on Saturday 20 May 2017. A 76-year-old female passenger was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 20 May 2017
- Saturday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- VDL
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.53812, longitude -1.55245, 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
- 2017110187656
- 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
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2014.
Slight
Mercedes ML Class crash on the A167 in Darlington, 16 May 2014
4 m awayRef 201411SJ10764
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A167 in Darlington, 22 January 1993
5 m awayRef 1993113DJ9119
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A167 in Darlington, 13 October 2001
5 m awayRef 200111DJ29740
Slight
Saab 900 crash on the A167 in Darlington, 7 October 2003
8 m awayRef 200311DJ28060
Slight
Dennis crash on the A167 in Darlington, 26 March 2005
8 m awayRef 200511DJ07790
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A167 in Darlington, 24 April 2003
8 m awayRef 200311DJ12050
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: VDL
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 76, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (VDL)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017110187656 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 2017.