Serious unclassified road crash in Hartlepool TS25 on 14 November 2007 at 22:16 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Hartlepool at 22:16 on Wednesday 14 November 2007. An 82-year-old male pedestrian and an 85-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Nov 2007
- Wednesday, 22:16
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.67195, longitude -1.23612, in the TS25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hartlepool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Manor House, Hartlepool, TS25 5PU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007170H11587
- Council area
- Hartlepool
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 1991.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Hartlepool, 28 December 1991
At the same spotRef 199117K102275
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Hartlepool, 11 April 1984
At the same spotRef 198417J200189
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in Hartlepool, 9 April 2005
At the same spotRef 2005170H10575
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Hartlepool, 5 March 1982
At the same spotRef 198217G100126
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Hartlepool, 8 September 1983
At the same spotRef 198317J200549
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Hartlepool, 15 February 1981
At the same spotRef 198117G100091
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 85, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2007170H11587 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.