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Unclassified road crash in Stockton-on-Tees TS15 on 7 November 1979 at 12:30 involving a van

A van and a lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Stockton-on-Tees at 12:30 on Wednesday 7 November 1979. The 32-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Nov 1979
Wednesday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Van and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.50234, longitude -1.35929, in the TS15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Yarm.

Map of where the crash happened in Stockton-on-Tees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197917D101116
Council area
Stockton-on-Tees
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 197917D101116 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stockton-on-Tees road accident statistics for 1979.