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A50 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 3 December 1997 at 11:40 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus crashed on the A50 in Stoke-on-Trent at 11:40 on Wednesday 3 December 1997. A 50-year-old female passenger 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
3 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 11:40
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.04198, longitude -2.19326, in the ST6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke-on-Trent.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997217425650
Council area
Stoke-on-Trent
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
50
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 1997217425650 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.