Unclassified road crash in Middlesbrough TS3 on 12 January 1980 at 10:15 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough at 10:15 on Saturday 12 January 1980. The 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, the 36-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 10-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jan 1980
- Saturday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56978, longitude -1.19984, in the TS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198017F100043
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 198017F100043 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Middlesbrough road accident statistics for 1980.