A167 crash in Darlington on 23 August 2021 at 16:53 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Kia Ceed were involved in a crash on the A167 in Darlington at 16:53 on Monday 23 August 2021. The 25-year-old male driver of the Kia Ceed 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
- 23 Aug 2021
- Monday, 16:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Kia Ceed
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.53476, longitude -1.55295, 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
- 2021111084669
- 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
- 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 12 December 2001.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A167 in Darlington, 12 December 2001
4 m awayRef 200111DJ35070
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Darlington, 23 September 2015
4 m awayRef 201511SJ18995
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A167 in Darlington, 17 December 2013
5 m awayRef 201311SJ29213
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on an unclassified road in Darlington, 9 April 2010
6 m awayRef 201011SJ08460
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A167 in Darlington, 29 October 1996
11 m awayRef 1996116DJ6819
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A167 in Darlington, 9 February 1994
11 m awayRef 1994114DJ1344
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Ceed
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,582 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Ceed)
- 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 2021111084669 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 2021.