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C road crash in Stoke-on-Trent ST3 on 18 May 1996 at 08:07 involving a Nissan Laurel

A Nissan Laurel, a Volkswagen Scirocco and a Ford Escort van were involved in a crash on a C road in Stoke-on-Trent at 08:07 on Saturday 18 May 1996. The 29-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Scirocco was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 May 1996
Saturday, 08:07
Vehicles
3
Nissan Laurel and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.98482, longitude -2.12195, in the ST3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke-on-Trent.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996216210639
Council area
Stoke-on-Trent
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 1994.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Laurel

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    2,393 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Scirocco

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Scirocco)

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 1996216210639 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 1996.