A1085 crash in Middlesbrough on 10 January 2017 at 16:50 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a car were involved in a crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough at 16:50 on Tuesday 10 January 2017. The 36-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class and a 39-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes C Class were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jan 2017
- Tuesday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.5689, longitude -1.19811, in the TS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Berwick Hills & Pallister, Middlesbrough, TS3 8LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017170M10107
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1085
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 171
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 2012.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 14 March 2012
4 m awayRef 2012170M20742
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 23 July 2005
11 m awayRef 2005170M12205
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 14 May 2014
12 m awayRef 2014170M10974
Slight
Car crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 19 March 1987
14 m awayRef 198717L200103
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 18 May 2004
14 m awayRef 2004170M11704
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 24 November 1995
14 m awayRef 199517M201113
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2017170M10107 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 2017.