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Serious unclassified road crash in Stockton-on-Tees TS17 on 15 February 1980 at 23:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Stockton-on-Tees at 23:00 on Friday 15 February 1980. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Feb 1980
Friday, 23:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55086, longitude -1.29328, in the TS17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thornaby-on-Tees.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198017E200185
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

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

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 198017E200185 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.