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A179 crash in Hartlepool on 18 July 2007 at 14:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A179 in Hartlepool at 14:05 on Wednesday 18 July 2007. A 35-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and the 38-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jul 2007
Wednesday, 14:05
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.69227, longitude -1.20967, in the TS24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hartlepool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Victoria, Hartlepool, TS24 8AL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hartlepool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007170H11047
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
179
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1376

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 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 2007170H11047 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hartlepool road accident statistics for 2007.