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A5003 crash in Tamworth on 24 September 1997 at 15:40 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the A5003 in Tamworth at 15:40 on Wednesday 24 September 1997. A 53-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 205 and the 19-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 205 were 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
24 Sep 1997
Wednesday, 15:40
Vehicles
2
Carbodies Taxi and Peugeot 205
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63525, longitude -1.69645, in the B79 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tamworth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997217820406
Council area
Tamworth
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5003
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

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 1997217820406 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tamworth road accident statistics for 1997.