A171 crash in Middlesbrough on 13 January 2016 at 22:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough at 22:50 on Wednesday 13 January 2016. A 34-year-old male passenger in the BMW 3 Series and a 38-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jan 2016
- Wednesday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55317, longitude -1.18238, in the TS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park End & Beckfield, Middlesbrough, TS3 0PQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016170M20266
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 171
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 3 May 1987
3 m awayRef 198717L200499
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 8 March 1998
3 m awayRef 199817M200210
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 11 April 2008
3 m awayRef 2008170M20828
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 25 November 2017
4 m awayRef 2017170M12157
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 5 November 2025
8 m awayRef 202517M114325
Slight
Mercedes CLC Class crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 20 September 2018
9 m awayRef 2018170M21678
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2016170M20266 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.