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Fatal unclassified road crash in Stockton-on-Tees TS23 on 19 January 1980 at 23:05 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Stockton-on-Tees at 23:05 on Saturday 19 January 1980. A 54-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 40-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Jan 1980
Saturday, 23:05
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.62039, longitude -1.27195, in the TS23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Billingham.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198017D200072
Council area
Stockton-on-Tees
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 54, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, 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 198017D200072 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 1980.