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Serious A689 crash in Hartlepool on 29 November 2016 at 15:07 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo crashed on the A689 in Hartlepool at 15:07 on Tuesday 29 November 2016. An 83-year-old female passenger 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
29 Nov 2016
Tuesday, 15:07
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.68745, longitude -1.20894, 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
2016170H11216
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
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
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
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    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 2016170H11216 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.