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A500 crash in Stafford on 18 December 2003 at 17:30 involving a Toyota Avensis

A Toyota Avensis and a MAN lorry were involved in a crash on the A500 in Stafford at 17:30 on Thursday 18 December 2003. The 43-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 2003
Thursday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Toyota Avensis and MAN
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97639, longitude -2.21799, in the ST5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swynnerton & Oulton, Stafford, ST5 4DQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Stafford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003213337207
Council area
Stafford
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
500
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,762 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: MAN

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)

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 2003213337207 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stafford road accident statistics for 2003.