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Serious A53 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 9 June 2007 at 02:26 involving a Peugeot 406 taxi

A Peugeot 406 taxi hit a pedestrian on the A53 in Stoke-on-Trent at 02:26 on Saturday 9 June 2007. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jun 2007
Saturday, 02:26
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 406
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.02146, longitude -2.19854, 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 Etruria & Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 5PT area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007217014645
Council area
Stoke-on-Trent
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
53
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 2007217014645 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 2007.