C road crash in Middlesbrough TS3 on 25 March 2017 at 15:18 involving a Skoda Octavia taxi
A Skoda Octavia taxi and two Fiat Puntos were involved in a crash on a C road in Middlesbrough at 15:18 on Saturday 25 March 2017. A 7-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2, a 12-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 10-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, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Mar 2017
- Saturday, 15:18
- Vehicles
- 3
- Skoda Octavia and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56441, longitude -1.20701, 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
- 2017170M20877
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 2017.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on a C road in Middlesbrough, 29 March 2017
8 m awayRef 2017170M20597
Slight
Bus crash on a C road in Middlesbrough, 15 March 1988
15 m awayRef 198817L200398
Slight
Bus crash on a C road in Middlesbrough, 5 December 1985
15 m awayRef 198517L201324
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Middlesbrough, 30 April 1982
21 m awayRef 198217F100495
Serious
Van crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 10 December 1979
25 m awayRef 197917F101653
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Middlesbrough, 18 May 1992
26 m awayRef 199217L200517
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- 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 2017170M20877 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.