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A520 crash in Staffordshire Moorlands on 5 July 2001 at 10:30 involving a Suzuki SJ

A Suzuki SJ and two Renault Clios were involved in a crash on the A520 in Staffordshire Moorlands at 10:30 on Thursday 5 July 2001. The 22-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 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
5 Jul 2001
Thursday, 10:30
Vehicles
3
Suzuki SJ and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.10244, longitude -2.02446, in the ST13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leek. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leek South, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST13 5DL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001211212929
Council area
Staffordshire Moorlands
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
520
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
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 7 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki SJ

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)

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 2001211212929 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Staffordshire Moorlands road accident statistics for 2001.