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A689 crash in Hartlepool on 5 February 1985 at 13:40 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the A689 in Hartlepool at 13:40 on Tuesday 5 February 1985. A 38-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Feb 1985
Tuesday, 13:40
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.68535, longitude -1.212, in the TS24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hartlepool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198517J100067
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
689
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    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 198517J100067 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hartlepool road accident statistics for 1985.