Serious A5035 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 2 September 1979 at 23:44 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A5035 in Stoke-on-Trent at 23:44 on Sunday 2 September 1979. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and a 16-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Sep 1979
- Sunday, 23:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97571, longitude -2.1465, in the ST3 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1979219600337
- Council area
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Police force
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5035
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 March 1979.
Serious
Car crash on the A5035 in Stoke-on-Trent, 17 March 1979
At the same spotRef 1979219600094
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A5035 in Stoke-on-Trent, 31 August 2024
10 m awayRef 2024211488158
Serious
Datsun 120 crash on the A5035 in Stoke-on-Trent, 24 February 1996
10 m awayRef 1996216204119
Slight
Car crash on the A5035 in Stoke-on-Trent, 14 September 1989
10 m awayRef 1989219603054
Serious
Van crash on the A5035 in Stoke-on-Trent, 30 May 1981
10 m awayRef 1981211600200
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A5035 in Stoke-on-Trent, 15 December 2001
10 m awayRef 2001211122888
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 1979219600337 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stoke-on-Trent road accident statistics for 1979.