Darren Brian Salton (born 16 March 1972 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former under-21 international footballer, whose career was cut short by injuries suffered in a car accident.
Darren Salton joined Luton Town as a trainee in 1988, along with a friend from Edinburgh, Paul Telfer.
He was also capped six times by Scotland under-21, but his promising career came to an abrupt end when he and Telfer were involved in a car crash on 27 November 1992.
[2] Although Telfer, the vehicle's driver, suffered only minor injuries, a woman died in the collision and Salton was severely injured;[3] the wounds to his leg ensured that he never played professional football again.
[1][4] Salton still lives in the Luton area, and was manager of Southern League side Hitchin Town from December 2004 until November 2007.