A1085 crash in Middlesbrough on 15 May 2020 at 16:20 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough at 16:20 on Friday 15 May 2020. A 22-year-old male passenger in the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 May 2020
- Friday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.56684, longitude -1.20994, in the TS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Middlesbrough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Middlesbrough, TS4 2DA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Middlesbrough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020170M20740
- Council area
- Middlesbrough
- Police force
- Cleveland
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1085
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 2015.
Slight
Van crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 16 July 2015
1 m awayRef 2015170M21605
Slight
Car crash on the A171 in Middlesbrough, 3 September 1986
4 m awayRef 198617L200981
Serious
Car crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 17 June 1989
4 m awayRef 198917L200732
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 11 November 2015
4 m awayRef 2015170M22715
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 25 December 2015
4 m awayRef 2015170M23215
Slight
Skoda Citigo crash on the A1085 in Middlesbrough, 2 July 2023
5 m awayRef 2023170M21053
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2020170M20740 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.