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A689 crash in Hartlepool on 2 March 2003 at 11:15 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Fiat Cinquecento were involved in a crash on the A689 in Hartlepool at 11:15 on Sunday 2 March 2003. The 35-year-old female driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Mar 2003
Sunday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Fiat Cinquecento
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.65337, longitude -1.22577, in the TS25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fens & Greatham, Hartlepool, TS25 2LY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hartlepool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003170H10443
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
689
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 7 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Cinquecento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

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 2003170H10443 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 2003.