A66 crash in Middlesbrough on 19 December 2005 at 17:50 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306, a Volkswagen Passat and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough at 17:50 on Monday 19 December 2005. The 20-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2005
- Monday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 306 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56585, longitude -1.2579, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005170M14075
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 66
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 2025.
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 20 October 2025
5 m awayRef 202517M113425
Slight
MAN crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 11 January 2006
14 m awayRef 2006170M10076
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 11 June 2023
20 m awayRef 2023170M10873
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 10 July 2009
22 m awayRef 2009170M12339
Slight
Triumph Acclaim crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 10 July 1994
22 m awayRef 199417M100663
Serious
Car crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 13 December 1997
36 m awayRef 199717M101082
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Clio)
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 2005170M14075 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 2005.