Serious B1380 crash in Middlesbrough on 23 November 1985 at 17:10 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on the B1380 in Middlesbrough at 17:10 on Saturday 23 November 1985. There were six casualties: one person was seriously injured and five were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Nov 1985
- Saturday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 6
- 1 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.5538, longitude -1.17557, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198517L201272
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1380
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough, 21 August 2009
30 m awayRef 2009170M21829
Slight
Taxi crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough, 17 October 2008
30 m awayRef 2008170M22558
Slight
Bristol (BLMC) crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough, 1 June 1990
32 m awayRef 199017L200694
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough, 9 December 2008
41 m awayRef 2008170M23038
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough, 20 July 1979
45 m awayRef 197917F100906
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough, 10 October 1988
50 m awayRef 198817L201321
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 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
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 36, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 4, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, 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 198517L201272 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 1985.