A689 crash in Hartlepool on 20 May 2016 at 08:25 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A689 in Hartlepool at 08:25 on Friday 20 May 2016. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 May 2016
- Friday, 08:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Almera and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.64279, longitude -1.25438, in the TS22 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Hartlepool
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016170H10456
- Council area
- Hartlepool
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 689
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 4 September 2024.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A689 in Hartlepool, 4 September 2024
1 m awayRef 202417H105324
Fatal
Ford Focus crash on the A689 in Hartlepool, 23 December 2012
2 m awayRef 2012170H11602
Slight
Hyundai Tucson crash on the A689 in Hartlepool, 30 November 2021
2 m awayRef 2021170H11111
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A689 in Hartlepool, 4 September 2022
3 m awayRef 2022170H10882
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A689 in Hartlepool, 12 March 2013
3 m awayRef 2013170H10233
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A689 in Hartlepool, 20 September 2024
4 m awayRef 202417H105524
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
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 2016170H10456 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hartlepool road accident statistics for 2016.