Fatal A19 crash in Middlesbrough on 18 November 2004 at 19:53 involving a JCB
A JCB and a Citroen Dispatch van were involved in a crash on the A19 in Middlesbrough at 19:53 on Thursday 18 November 2004. The 29-year-old male driver of the Citroen Dispatch van was killed and the 29-year-old male driver of the JCB was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 18 Nov 2004
- Thursday, 19:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- JCB and Citroen Dispatch
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56071, longitude -1.26897, in the TS17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thornaby-on-Tees. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newport, Middlesbrough, TS5 4AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004170M14044
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 19
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2016.
Slight
Mercedes SLK Class crash on the A19 in Middlesbrough, 14 June 2016
10 m awayRef 2016170M11266
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A19 in Middlesbrough, 24 June 2019
18 m awayRef 2019170M10869
Serious
Car crash on the A19 in Middlesbrough, 15 October 1981
20 m awayRef 198117E201171
Slight
Seddon/Atkinson crash on the A19 in Middlesbrough, 2 May 2000
22 m awayRef 200017M100186
Fatal
BMW Z3 crash on the A19 in Middlesbrough, 28 October 2008
22 m awayRef 2008170M12738
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A19 in Middlesbrough, 11 May 2012
24 m awayRef 2012170M11252
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: JCB
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Dispatch
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (JCB)
Casualty 2: Driver
FatalMale, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Dispatch)
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 2004170M14044 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.