A172 crash in Middlesbrough on 19 April 2012 at 16:05 involving a Seat Ibiza
A Seat Ibiza and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough at 16:05 on Thursday 19 April 2012. The 26-year-old female driver of the Seat Ibiza and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Seat Ibiza were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Apr 2012
- Thursday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seat Ibiza and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55666, longitude -1.22241, 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
- 2012170M10992
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 2012.
Slight
Fiat Doblo crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 28 May 2012
4 m awayRef 2012170M11472
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 9 March 2025
5 m awayRef 202517M103025
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 12 February 2002
6 m awayRef 200217M100043
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 24 June 2022
9 m awayRef 2022170M11042
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 9 October 2022
9 m awayRef 2022170M11602
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 11 January 2022
10 m awayRef 2022170M10072
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- 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 2012170M10992 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 2012.