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A179 crash in Hartlepool on 19 May 1995 at 08:35 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the A179 in Hartlepool at 08:35 on Friday 19 May 1995. The 53-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 May 1995
Friday, 08:35
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.70781, longitude -1.23888, in the TS24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hartlepool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199517H100254
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
179
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1086

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199517H100254 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.