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Fatal A689 crash in Hartlepool on 11 June 1995 at 00:30 involving a Ford bus

A car and a Ford bus were involved in a crash on the A689 in Hartlepool at 00:30 on Sunday 11 June 1995. There were 22 casualties: 4 people were killed, 2 were seriously injured and 16 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
11 Jun 1995
Sunday, 00:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford
Casualties
22
4 killed, 2 seriously injured, 16 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.64292, longitude -1.25342, in the TS22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hartlepool

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199517H100305
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
689
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 7 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (22)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 12: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 13: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 14: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 15: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 16: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 17: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 18: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 19: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 20: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 21: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 22: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 199517H100305 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.