Fatal A1043 crash in Middlesbrough on 5 April 2013 at 14:45 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4, a Ford Mondeo and a Peugeot Partner van were involved in a crash on the A1043 in Middlesbrough at 14:45 on Friday 5 April 2013. The 58-year-old female driver of the Citroen C4 and the 82-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo were killed and a 90-year-old male passenger in the Ford Mondeo was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 5 Apr 2013
- Friday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen C4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 killed, 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52298, longitude -1.16363, in the TS7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0LZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013170M30653
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1043
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 1998.
Slight
Car crash on the A1043 in Middlesbrough, 27 May 1998
3 m awayRef 199817M300362
Slight
Honda CBR1100XX crash on the A1043 in Middlesbrough, 26 August 2013
75 m awayRef 2013170M31813
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1043 in Middlesbrough, 31 October 1980
86 m awayRef 198017E201209
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1043 in Middlesbrough, 22 February 2010
92 m awayRef 2010170M30430
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A1043 in Middlesbrough, 3 February 1999
120 m awayRef 199917M300059
Slight
Car crash on the A1043 in Middlesbrough, 17 November 1987
131 m awayRef 198717L201282
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot Partner
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
Casualty 2: Driver
FatalMale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 90, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 2013170M30653 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 2013.