A689 crash in Hartlepool on 17 December 1999 at 14:30 involving a Seddon/Atkinson lorry
A Seddon/Atkinson lorry and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A689 in Hartlepool at 14:30 on Friday 17 December 1999. A 23-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 1999
- Friday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seddon/Atkinson and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199917H100255
- Council area
- Hartlepool
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 689
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seddon/Atkinson
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 199917H100255 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 1999.