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Serious A178 crash in Hartlepool on 4 May 2018 at 16:12 involving a Toyota IQ

A Toyota IQ hit a pedestrian on the A178 in Hartlepool at 16:12 on Friday 4 May 2018. A 77-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 May 2018
Friday, 16:12
Vehicles
1
Toyota IQ
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.66322, longitude -1.18784, in the TS25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Seaton, Hartlepool, TS25 1BH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hartlepool

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018170H10318
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
178
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
Zebra crossing

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, 18 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 November 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota IQ

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,329 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota IQ)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    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 2018170H10318 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hartlepool road accident statistics for 2018.