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B5043 crash in Newcastle-under-Lyme on 30 August 2001 at 14:05 involving a Scania lorry

A Scania lorry hit two pedestrians on the B5043 in Newcastle-under-Lyme at 14:05 on Thursday 30 August 2001. A 61-year-old female pedestrian and an 82-year-old female pedestrian 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
30 Aug 2001
Thursday, 14:05
Vehicles
1
Scania
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.00631, longitude -2.22634, in the ST5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is one of the crashes that make up the Town, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1PB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle-under-Lyme

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001211215729
Council area
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5043
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
Stop sign
Second road class
A
Second road number
519

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 29 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 2001211215729 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle-under-Lyme road accident statistics for 2001.