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A1085 crash in Middlesbrough on 8 August 1998 at 12:05 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough at 12:05 on Saturday 8 August 1998. The 44-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Aug 1998
Saturday, 12:05
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.5658, longitude -1.2225, in the TS4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough.

Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199817M100514
Council area
Middlesbrough
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1085
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,699 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 199817M100514 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 1998.