B1272 crash in Middlesbrough on 2 December 2016 at 14:00 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and two cars were involved in a crash on the B1272 in Middlesbrough at 14:00 on Friday 2 December 2016. The 65-year-old male driver of vehicle 2, a 33-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 60-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2016
- Friday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Polo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.57419, longitude -1.24189, in the TS1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016170M12606
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1272
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1272 in Middlesbrough, 21 October 2016
3 m awayRef 2016170M12716
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A175 in Middlesbrough, 28 November 1983
5 m awayRef 198317L101396
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B1272 in Middlesbrough, 20 January 1995
5 m awayRef 199517M100073
Slight
Car crash on the A175 in Middlesbrough, 5 December 1983
5 m awayRef 198317L101439
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A175 in Middlesbrough, 31 July 1990
5 m awayRef 199017L100970
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A175 in Middlesbrough, 28 July 1986
5 m awayRef 198617L100934
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 30 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016170M12606 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 2016.