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Unclassified road crash in Hartlepool TS25 on 5 July 1998 at 23:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hartlepool at 23:40 on Sunday 5 July 1998. A 20-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and the 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Granada were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jul 1998
Sunday, 23:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Ford Granada
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.676, longitude -1.21249, in the TS25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hartlepool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199817H100226
Council area
Hartlepool
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
Crossroads
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

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 199817H100226 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 1998.