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Unclassified road crash in Redcar and Cleveland TS6 on 31 August 1979 at 13:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Redcar and Cleveland at 13:10 on Friday 31 August 1979. The 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Aug 1979
Friday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.58696, longitude -1.14829, in the TS6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Redcar and Cleveland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197917F101118
Council area
Redcar and Cleveland
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 191 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 197917F101118 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redcar and Cleveland road accident statistics for 1979.