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Serious A179 crash in Hartlepool on 2 November 2016 at 18:15 involving a Ford B-Max

A Ford B-Max hit a pedestrian on the A179 in Hartlepool at 18:15 on Wednesday 2 November 2016. A 41-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Nov 2016
Wednesday, 18:15
Vehicles
1
Ford B-Max
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.68962, longitude -1.20867, in the TS24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hartlepool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Victoria, Hartlepool, TS24 8AL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hartlepool

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016170H11066
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
179
Road type
Dual 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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford B-Max

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 41, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford B-Max)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2016170H11066 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.