Serious B6541 crash in Middlesbrough on 6 May 2004 at 18:40 involving a Honda Civic
Six vehicles, including a Honda Civic and a Citroen Saxo, were involved in a crash on the B6541 in Middlesbrough at 18:40 on Thursday 6 May 2004. The 20-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Honda Civic were seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 6 May 2004
- Thursday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 6
- Honda Civic and 5 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56856, longitude -1.26002, in the TS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newport, Middlesbrough, TS1 4QT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004170M11444
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6541
- 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
- Daylight
- 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 slight injury crash on 31 March 2002.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough, 31 March 2002
At the same spotRef 2002170M13142
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6541 in Middlesbrough, 23 December 1994
At the same spotRef 199417M101311
Slight
Suzuki VL 800 crash on the B6541 in Middlesbrough, 28 October 2009
At the same spotRef 2009170M12649
Serious
Car crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 21 December 1979
10 m awayRef 197917E101511
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6541 in Middlesbrough, 29 May 1998
10 m awayRef 199817M100366
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6541 in Middlesbrough, 24 November 1999
10 m awayRef 199917M100463
Vehicles involved (6)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,493 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 5: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 90 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,488 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Vehicle 6: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- 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 2004170M11444 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.