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Serious B5040 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 5 April 1994 at 10:36 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier hit a pedestrian on the B5040 in Stoke-on-Trent at 10:36 on Tuesday 5 April 1994. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Apr 1994
Tuesday, 10:36
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.99293, longitude -2.10231, in the ST3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke-on-Trent.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994214213007
Council area
Stoke-on-Trent
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5040
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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 July 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1994214213007 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 1994.