Unclassified road crash in Middlesbrough TS5 on 12 October 2003 at 00:40 involving a Peugeot taxi
A Peugeot taxi and a taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough at 00:40 on Sunday 12 October 2003. A 41-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot taxi was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Oct 2003
- Sunday, 00:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot and taxi
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55577, longitude -1.24015, in the TS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park, Middlesbrough, TS5 6QT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003170M14943
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 41, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2003170M14943 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 2003.