A1085 crash in Middlesbrough on 27 January 2002 at 18:35 involving a Volkswagen Jetta
A Volkswagen Jetta and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough at 18:35 on Sunday 27 January 2002. The 42-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Jetta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jan 2002
- Sunday, 18:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Jetta and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56889, longitude -1.1983, in the TS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Berwick Hills & Pallister, Middlesbrough, TS3 8LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200217M200033
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1085
- Road type
- Dual 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
- A
- Second road number
- 171
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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 2004.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 18 May 2004
At the same spotRef 2004170M11704
Slight
Car crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 19 March 1987
At the same spotRef 198717L200103
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 24 November 1995
At the same spotRef 199517M201113
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 24 April 2010
At the same spotRef 2010170M21060
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 14 May 2014
6 m awayRef 2014170M10974
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 21 February 1994
10 m awayRef 199417M100157
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 957 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)
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 200217M200033 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.