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A5006 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 18 October 2003 at 20:30 involving a Toyota Corolla

A Toyota Corolla and a Mercedes bus were involved in a crash on the A5006 in Stoke-on-Trent at 20:30 on Saturday 18 October 2003. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes bus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Oct 2003
Saturday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Toyota Corolla and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.0223, longitude -2.18021, in the ST1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke-on-Trent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3PF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003213128552
Council area
Stoke-on-Trent
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5006
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 3 June 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    4,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 2003213128552 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 2003.