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A689 crash in Hartlepool on 23 August 1990 at 09:20 involving a Bedford van

A Bedford van crashed on the A689 in Hartlepool at 09:20 on Thursday 23 August 1990. The 18-year-old male driver and a 21-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Aug 1990
Thursday, 09:20
Vehicles
1
Bedford
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.64389, longitude -1.25061, in the TS22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hartlepool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199017K101583
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
689
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,759 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

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 199017K101583 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 1990.