Serious unclassified road crash in Middlesbrough TS1 on 28 December 2016 at 13:07 involving a Vauxhall Zafira taxi
A Vauxhall Zafira taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough at 13:07 on Wednesday 28 December 2016. The 71-year-old male cyclist was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Dec 2016
- Wednesday, 13:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.57226, longitude -1.22833, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016170M12846
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 January 2016.
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Peugeot 207 crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough, 24 January 2016
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Slight
Car crash on the A175 in Middlesbrough, 19 December 1985
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Slight
Car crash on the A175 in Middlesbrough, 27 August 1985
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Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough, 31 July 1997
5 m awayRef 199717M100658
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A175 in Middlesbrough, 27 January 1990
5 m awayRef 199017L100130
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough, 14 October 1993
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 71, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2016170M12846 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.