Serious B5029 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 3 July 1992 at 16:35 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the B5029 in Stoke-on-Trent at 16:35 on Friday 3 July 1992. The 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 32-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Jul 1992
- Friday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Austin Metro
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96634, longitude -2.07842, in the ST11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Stoke-on-Trent
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1992212608368
- Council area
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Police force
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5029
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2025.
Slight
Mini Countryman crash on the B5029 in Stafford, 20 August 2025
12 m awayRef 2025211631324
Slight
Car crash on the A50 in Stafford, 13 October 1988
14 m awayRef 1988218401273
Slight
Car crash on the A50 in Stafford, 12 January 1988
22 m awayRef 1988218400116
Slight
Car crash on the B5029 in Stafford, 9 March 1981
22 m awayRef 1981211400067
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the B5029 in Stafford, 23 July 2014
26 m awayRef 2014214003909
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the B5029 in Stafford, 30 October 2016
26 m awayRef 2016210123464
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)
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 1992212608368 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 1992.