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A689 crash in Hartlepool on 1 March 1995 at 13:55 involving a Bedford

A Bedford and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A689 in Hartlepool at 13:55 on Wednesday 1 March 1995. The 73-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 63-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Mar 1995
Wednesday, 13:55
Vehicles
2
Bedford and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.65344, longitude -1.22563, in the TS25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hartlepool.

Map of where the crash happened in Hartlepool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199517H100115
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
689
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    73 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 199517H100115 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 1995.