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A178 crash in Middlesbrough on 12 December 1998 at 06:35 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Mercedes 300 were involved in a crash on the A178 in Middlesbrough at 06:35 on Saturday 12 December 1998. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier, a 32-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 39-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 300 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 1998
Saturday, 06:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Mercedes 300
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.57745, longitude -1.2461, in the TS1 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
199817M100677
Council area
Middlesbrough
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
178
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1272

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 300

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    3,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 300)

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 199817M100677 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.