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A171 crash in Middlesbrough on 16 May 1981 at 01:20 involving a car

A car crashed on the A171 in Middlesbrough at 01:20 on Saturday 16 May 1981. A 22-year-old female passenger was slightly 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
Slight
Date
16 May 1981
Saturday, 01:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56453, longitude -1.20737, in the TS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough.

Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198117F100600
Council area
Middlesbrough
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
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 30 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 198117F100600 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 1981.