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A689 crash in Hartlepool on 16 January 2004 at 11:05 involving a Ford Focus

A car and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A689 in Hartlepool at 11:05 on Friday 16 January 2004. A 47-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jan 2004
Friday, 11:05
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.67601, longitude -1.21076, in the TS25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hartlepool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burn Valley, Hartlepool, TS25 1SJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hartlepool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004170H10114
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 18 January 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2004170H10114 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 2004.