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Unclassified road crash in Stockton-on-Tees TS15 on 29 March 1997 at 22:00 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 and a Nissan Bluebird were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Stockton-on-Tees at 22:00 on Saturday 29 March 1997. The 50-year-old male driver of the Nissan Bluebird was slightly injured.

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
Slight
Date
29 Mar 1997
Saturday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo 340 and Nissan Bluebird
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.50843, longitude -1.35425, in the TS15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Yarm.

Map of where the crash happened in Stockton-on-Tees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199717S400292
Council area
Stockton-on-Tees
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 November 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,973 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Bluebird)

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 199717S400292 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stockton-on-Tees road accident statistics for 1997.