A172 crash in Middlesbrough on 28 August 2020 at 14:10 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough at 14:10 on Friday 28 August 2020. The 54-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Aug 2020
- Friday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.55393, longitude -1.22031, 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
- 2020170M11050
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 January 2020.
Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 6 January 2020
9 m awayRef 2020170M10020
Slight
Taxi crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 9 July 1986
10 m awayRef 198617L200788
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 6 November 2014
18 m awayRef 2014170M12854
Slight
Car crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 17 August 1985
20 m awayRef 198517L200839
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 20 December 2002
40 m awayRef 2002170M14902
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 6 July 1992
43 m awayRef 199217M205020
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2020170M11050 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 2020.