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Serious A173 crash in Redcar and Cleveland on 23 November 1990 at 14:35 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo crashed on the A173 in Redcar and Cleveland at 14:35 on Friday 23 November 1990. The 23-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Nov 1990
Friday, 14:35
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52562, longitude -1.10429, 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
199017M101244
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 July 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    895 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 199017M101244 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.