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Fatal A171 crash in Redcar and Cleveland on 4 January 1980 at 09:35 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A171 in Redcar and Cleveland at 09:35 on Friday 4 January 1980. A 77-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 Jan 1980
Friday, 09:35
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56906, longitude -0.93088, in the TS12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brotton.

Map of where the crash happened in Redcar and Cleveland

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198017F300014
Council area
Redcar and Cleveland
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
171
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

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

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 198017F300014 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 1980.