Serious A172 crash in Middlesbrough on 11 October 2014 at 20:23 involving a Hyundai Santa Fe
A Hyundai Santa Fe and a Renault Espace were involved in a crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough at 20:23 on Saturday 11 October 2014. An 85-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai Santa Fe was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Oct 2014
- Saturday, 20:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai Santa Fe and Renault Espace
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56133, longitude -1.22393, 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 2RD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014170M12254
- 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
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 December 1979.
Serious
Car crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 20 December 1979
2 m awayRef 197917E101493
Slight
Car crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 18 October 1985
2 m awayRef 198517L101099
Slight
Car crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 4 January 1980
11 m awayRef 198017E100029
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 16 February 1991
11 m awayRef 199117L200221
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 18 December 1996
11 m awayRef 199617M101158
Slight
Car crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 17 February 1994
11 m awayRef 199417M100152
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Santa Fe
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Espace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Santa Fe)
- 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 2014170M12254 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 2014.