A1085 crash in Middlesbrough on 25 December 2015 at 16:25 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a car were involved in a crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough at 16:25 on Friday 25 December 2015. The 41-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2015
- Friday, 16:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56684, longitude -1.20998, in the TS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Middlesbrough, TS4 2DA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015170M23215
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1085
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2015.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 11 November 2015
2 m awayRef 2015170M22715
Slight
Van crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 16 July 2015
3 m awayRef 2015170M21605
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 15 May 2020
4 m awayRef 2020170M20740
Slight
Car crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 3 September 1986
5 m awayRef 198617L200981
Serious
Car crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 17 June 1989
5 m awayRef 198917L200732
Slight
Skoda Citigo crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 2 July 2023
7 m awayRef 2023170M21053
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
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 2015170M23215 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 2015.