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A66 crash in Darlington on 8 June 2022 at 07:58 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A car and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A66 in Darlington at 07:58 on Wednesday 8 June 2022. The 28-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf, a 28-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf and a 29-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jun 2022
Wednesday, 07:58
Vehicles
2
Car and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.54155, longitude -1.49644, in the DL1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sadberge & Middleton St George, Darlington, DL1 3JN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Darlington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022111187353
Council area
Darlington
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
66
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    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 2022111187353 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 2022.