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A172 crash in Middlesbrough on 9 May 2018 at 17:30 involving a Sym Symply motorcycle

A Sym Symply motorcycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough at 17:30 on Wednesday 9 May 2018. The 54-year-old female rider of the Sym Symply motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 May 2018
Wednesday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Sym Symply and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55684, longitude -1.22248, 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
2018170M10828
Council area
Middlesbrough
Police force
Cleveland
Police attended the scene
No

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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Sym Symply

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Sym Symply)

    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 2018170M10828 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 2018.