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Serious A173 crash in Redcar and Cleveland on 5 August 1990 at 03:55 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A173 in Redcar and Cleveland at 03:55 on Sunday 5 August 1990. The 20-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Aug 1990
Sunday, 03:55
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52605, longitude -1.10227, in the TS14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Redcar and Cleveland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199017M100803
Council area
Redcar and Cleveland
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
173
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 70 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 September 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199017M100803 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 1990.