Serious B1446 crash in Redcar and Cleveland on 19 December 1986 at 15:45 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B1446 in Redcar and Cleveland at 15:45 on Friday 19 December 1986. A 7-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 19 Dec 1986; Friday, 15:45
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198617M201209
Council area: Redcar and Cleveland
Police force: Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 1446
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: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
55 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 7, 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 198617M201209 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 1986.