Serious A172 crash in Middlesbrough on 5 October 2008 at 18:49 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough at 18:49 on Sunday 5 October 2008. The 15-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Oct 2008
- Sunday, 18:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.54057, longitude -1.21075, in the TS4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladgate, Middlesbrough, TS7 8SA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008170M12408
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1380
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 1997.
Slight
Car crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 1 December 1997
At the same spotRef 199717M101021
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 15 December 2005
At the same spotRef 2005170M34285
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 8 November 2011
At the same spotRef 2011170M12781
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 1 April 2006
At the same spotRef 2006170M11016
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 5 November 2000
At the same spotRef 200017M300470
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 17 February 2022
1 m awayRef 2022170M10292
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 15, 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 2008170M12408 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.