A66 crash in Middlesbrough on 24 December 2005 at 13:35 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough at 13:35 on Saturday 24 December 2005. The 44-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2005
- Saturday, 13:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.57262, longitude -1.21972, in the TS4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Middlesbrough, TS4 2DA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005170M24265
- 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
- Daylight
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 2006.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 14 September 2006
10 m awayRef 2006170M12556
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 30 January 2010
10 m awayRef 2010170M10270
Slight
Scania crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 25 April 2013
11 m awayRef 2013170M10883
Slight
Fiat Stilo crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 20 November 2011
14 m awayRef 2011170M12771
Serious
Fiat Doblo crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 9 October 2011
20 m awayRef 2011170M12301
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough, 9 August 2016
21 m awayRef 2016170M11616
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,895 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
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 2005170M24265 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.