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A178 crash in Hartlepool on 5 September 1985 at 16:15 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach, a van and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A178 in Hartlepool at 16:15 on Thursday 5 September 1985. A 31-year-old male passenger in the van 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 Sep 1985
Thursday, 16:15
Vehicles
3
Bus or coach and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.68622, longitude -1.20733, in the TS24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hartlepool.

Map of where the crash happened in Hartlepool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198517J100508
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
178
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
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 17 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 3: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 198517J100508 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.