B1272 crash in Middlesbrough on 23 July 2008 at 15:10 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B1272 in Middlesbrough at 15:10 on Wednesday 23 July 2008. A 29-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2008
- Wednesday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56619, longitude -1.24057, in the TS1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008170M11928
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1272
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dry
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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 April 2024.
Serious
Kia Picanto crash on the B1272 in Middlesbrough, 19 April 2024
2 m awayRef 202417M105024
Slight
Car crash on the B1272 in Middlesbrough, 27 September 1986
10 m awayRef 198617L100871
Serious
Bus crash on the B1272 in Middlesbrough, 9 November 1989
10 m awayRef 198917L101388
Serious
Bus crash on the B1272 in Middlesbrough, 23 May 2005
10 m awayRef 2005170M11605
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough, 3 March 1980
10 m awayRef 198017E100243
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1272 in Middlesbrough, 12 May 1996
14 m awayRef 199617M100399
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2008170M11928 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 2008.