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Fatal C road crash in Middlesbrough TS3 on 25 August 1997 at 22:30 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier hit a pedestrian on a C road in Middlesbrough at 22:30 on Monday 25 August 1997. A 35-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
25 Aug 1997
Monday, 22:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55512, longitude -1.19781, in the TS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough.

Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199717M200720
Council area
Middlesbrough
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 199717M200720 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Middlesbrough road accident statistics for 1997.