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B5039 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 17 February 2002 at 18:00 involving a Toyota Carina taxi

A car and a Toyota Carina taxi were involved in a crash on the B5039 in Stoke-on-Trent at 18:00 on Sunday 17 February 2002. The 42-year-old male driver of the Toyota Carina taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Feb 2002
Sunday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Toyota Carina
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.99324, longitude -2.12884, in the ST3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke-on-Trent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longton & Meir Hay South, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 1FA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002212103763
Council area
Stoke-on-Trent
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5039
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

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 2002212103763 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 2002.