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Unclassified road crash in Stoke-on-Trent ST3 on 4 March 1997 at 12:40 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus crashed on an unclassified road in Stoke-on-Trent at 12:40 on Tuesday 4 March 1997. A 55-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Mar 1997
Tuesday, 12:40
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.98068, longitude -2.12105, 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
1997217205068
Council area
Stoke-on-Trent
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 June 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 1997217205068 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 1997.