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A178 crash in Hartlepool on 8 April 2003 at 19:30 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A178 in Hartlepool at 19:30 on Tuesday 8 April 2003. The 25-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto and the 18-year-old female driver of the Ford KA were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Apr 2003
Tuesday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Ford KA
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.66129, longitude -1.18764, in the TS25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hartlepool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Seaton, Hartlepool, TS25 1BH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003170H10733
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
178
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1276

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 16 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)

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 2003170H10733 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.