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A1085 crash in Middlesbrough on 27 February 1990 at 13:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford van were involved in a crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough at 13:30 on Tuesday 27 February 1990. The 43-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Feb 1990
Tuesday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56501, longitude -1.25391, in the TS1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough.

Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199017L100288
Council area
Middlesbrough
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1085
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199017L100288 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 1990.