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A172 crash in Middlesbrough on 24 February 2017 at 23:04 involving a taxi

A taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough at 23:04 on Friday 24 February 2017. The 56-year-old male driver of the taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Feb 2017
Friday, 23:04
Vehicles
2
Taxi and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55673, longitude -1.2226, in the TS4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longlands & Beechwood, Middlesbrough, TS4 3DH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017170M10367
Council area
Middlesbrough
Police force
Cleveland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
172
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire 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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2017170M10367 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.