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Serious C road crash in Middlesbrough TS5 on 20 March 2004 at 23:45 involving a Ford Mondeo taxi

A Ford Mondeo taxi hit a pedestrian on a C road in Middlesbrough at 23:45 on Saturday 20 March 2004. A 61-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Mar 2004
Saturday, 23:45
Vehicles
1
Ford Mondeo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55603, longitude -1.25375, in the TS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS5 5LA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004170M10804
Council area
Middlesbrough
Police force
Cleveland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 May 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2004170M10804 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 2004.