Serious unclassified road crash in Hartlepool on 22 December 1999 at 12:48 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Hartlepool at 12:48 on Wednesday 22 December 1999. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 22 Dec 1999; Wednesday, 12:48
Vehicles: 1; Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199917H100259
Council area: Hartlepool
Police force: Cleveland
Police attended the scene: Yes

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph
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: Daylight
Weather: Fine with high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
50 years
Engine capacity
1,796 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
4 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

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 199917H100259 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.