A172 crash in Middlesbrough on 23 September 2022 at 18:59 involving a Volvo XC40
Four vehicles, including a car and a Volvo XC40, were involved in a crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough at 18:59 on Friday 23 September 2022. The 53-year-old female driver of the car, the 57-year-old male driver of the Volvo XC40 and the 20-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Sep 2022
- Friday, 18:59
- Vehicles
- 4
- Volvo XC40 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.54701, longitude -1.21568, 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
- 2022170M11522
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 2013.
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 27 August 2013
8 m awayRef 2013170M11943
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 27 September 1993
15 m awayRef 199317M200902
Serious
Car crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 5 March 2006
15 m awayRef 2006170M12326
Slight
Car crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 4 October 1989
21 m awayRef 198917L101199
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 24 October 1996
21 m awayRef 199617M100954
Slight
Car crash on the A172 in Middlesbrough, 23 September 1987
21 m awayRef 198717L201038
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC40
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
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 4: Skoda Octavia
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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo XC40)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Skoda Octavia)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2022170M11522 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 2022.