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Serious unclassified road crash in Hartlepool TS24 on 23 August 2021 at 17:30 involving a Benelli Tornado motorcycle

A Benelli Tornado motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hartlepool at 17:30 on Monday 23 August 2021. The 46-year-old male rider of the Benelli Tornado motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Aug 2021
Monday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Benelli Tornado and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.69717, longitude -1.21588, in the TS24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hartlepool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Headland & Harbour, Hartlepool, TS24 8LB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hartlepool

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021170H11161
Council area
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Benelli Tornado

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Benelli Tornado)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2021170H11161 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 2021.