A174 crash in Middlesbrough on 15 December 2005 at 09:05 involving a Rover 25
Four vehicles, including a Rover 25 and a car, were involved in a crash on the A174 in Middlesbrough at 09:05 on Thursday 15 December 2005. The 27-year-old female driver of the Rover 25 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
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2005
- Thursday, 09:05
- Vehicles
- 4
- Rover 25 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52982, longitude -1.24372, in the TS8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hemlington, Middlesbrough, TS8 9HB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005170M33995
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 174
- 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
- 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, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 2006.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A174 in Middlesbrough, 15 September 2006
54 m awayRef 2006170M32586
Slight
Car crash on the A174 in Middlesbrough, 19 July 2002
63 m awayRef 2002170M22842
Fatal
Ford C-Max crash on the A174 in Middlesbrough, 4 June 2025
64 m awayRef 202517M107325
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A174 in Middlesbrough, 26 October 2017
75 m awayRef 2017170M31917
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A174 in Middlesbrough, 13 May 2000
76 m awayRef 200017M300202
Slight
Car crash on the A174 in Middlesbrough, 6 November 1989
82 m awayRef 198917L101375
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Rover 25
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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 206
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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 4: Audi TT
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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,189 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 25)
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 2005170M33995 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.