A172 crash in Middlesbrough on 22 September 2008 at 21:32 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough at 21:32 on Monday 22 September 2008. The 23-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Sep 2008
- Monday, 21:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55673, longitude -1.22281, in the TS4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longlands & Beechwood, Middlesbrough, TS4 3DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008170M12368
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 172
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2005.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 12 June 2005
At the same spotRef 2005170M11915
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 25 January 1999
At the same spotRef 199917M100040
Serious
Honda crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 26 March 2002
At the same spotRef 200217M100126
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 31 March 1982
At the same spotRef 198217E200361
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 25 February 1993
At the same spotRef 199317M100194
Slight
Ford KA crash on a C road in Middlesbrough, 2 January 1999
At the same spotRef 199917M100021
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 23, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2008170M12368 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.