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Unclassified road crash in Redcar and Cleveland TS10 on 19 January 1979 at 11:45 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Redcar and Cleveland at 11:45 on Friday 19 January 1979. The 22-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jan 1979
Friday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.60306, longitude -1.07643, in the TS10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redcar.

Map of where the crash happened in Redcar and Cleveland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197917F200058
Council area
Redcar and Cleveland
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 16 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 197917F200058 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.