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B5030 crash in East Staffordshire on 8 May 2002 at 19:50 involving a Volvo 850

A Volvo 850, a BMW 3 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the B5030 in East Staffordshire at 19:50 on Wednesday 8 May 2002. The 38-year-old male driver of the Volvo 850 and a 70-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 May 2002
Wednesday, 19:50
Vehicles
3
Volvo 850 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95698, longitude -1.84099, in the ST14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stramshall & Weaver, East Staffordshire, ST14 5JT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002212409696
Council area
East Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5030
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5031

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 11 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 850

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,319 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 850)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 2002212409696 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Staffordshire road accident statistics for 2002.