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Serious unclassified road crash in Stockton-on-Tees TS23 on 20 August 2003 at 16:45 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Stockton-on-Tees at 16:45 on Wednesday 20 August 2003. The 13-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Aug 2003
Wednesday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and taxi
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.61609, longitude -1.27294, in the TS23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Billingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Billingham East, Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3DT area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003170S23173
Council area
Stockton-on-Tees
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 13, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 2003170S23173 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stockton-on-Tees road accident statistics for 2003.