Unclassified road crash in Middlesbrough TS1 on 3 November 2002 at 20:15 involving a Ford Mondeo taxi
A Ford Mondeo taxi and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough at 20:15 on Sunday 3 November 2002. All four casualties 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
- 3 Nov 2002
- Sunday, 20:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Rover Metro
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.57203, longitude -1.22592, in the TS1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002170M14252
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 February 1999.
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough, 1 February 1999
At the same spotRef 199917M100050
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 15 May 2002
At the same spotRef 200217M100192
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough, 4 July 1998
At the same spotRef 199817M100527
Slight
Van crash on the A175 in Middlesbrough, 2 March 1981
At the same spotRef 198117E100254
Slight
Car crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 24 July 1986
At the same spotRef 198617L100822
Slight
Car crash on the A175 in Middlesbrough, 14 May 1980
At the same spotRef 198017E100512
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Rover Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)
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 2002170M14252 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 2002.