Serious A19 crash in Middlesbrough on 20 December 2004 at 14:29 involving a Rover Mini
Five vehicles, including a Rover Mini and two cars, were involved in a crash on the A19 in Middlesbrough at 14:29 on Monday 20 December 2004. There were six casualties: one person was seriously injured and five were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in snow on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Dec 2004
- Monday, 14:29
- Vehicles
- 5
- Rover Mini and 4 others
- Casualties
- 6
- 1 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55676, longitude -1.26982, in the TS5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ayresome, Middlesbrough, TS5 4PZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004170M14434
- 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
- Rural
- 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
- Snowing, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2018.
Slight
MAN crash on the A19 in Middlesbrough, 16 May 2018
7 m awayRef 2018170M10868
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the A19 in Middlesbrough, 6 October 1995
20 m awayRef 199517M101055
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A19 in Middlesbrough, 5 October 1996
20 m awayRef 199617M100881
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A19 in Middlesbrough, 9 July 2024
22 m awayRef 202417M110724
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A19 in Middlesbrough, 25 January 1999
36 m awayRef 199917M100030
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A19 in Middlesbrough, 22 July 2016
41 m awayRef 2016170M11566
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Rover Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 4: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,874 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Mini)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 6: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, van occupant, in vehicle 4 (Mercedes Sprinter)
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 2004170M14434 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.