A66 crash in Middlesbrough on 26 December 2002 at 15:50 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106 and a car were involved in a crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough at 15:50 on Thursday 26 December 2002. The 50-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 106 and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 106 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2002
- Thursday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 106 and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.57671, longitude -1.22723, 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, TS2 1QG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002170M15012
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 66
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2016.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 16 January 2016
6 m awayRef 2016170M10106
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 6 July 2015
7 m awayRef 2015170M11475
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 16 November 2007
14 m awayRef 2007170M12867
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 22 May 2010
14 m awayRef 2010170M11100
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 23 March 2015
15 m awayRef 2015170M10635
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 19 December 1995
36 m awayRef 199517M101197
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 954 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2002170M15012 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.