B5047 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 16 October 2007 at 02:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the B5047 in Stoke-on-Trent at 02:30 on Tuesday 16 October 2007. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Oct 2007
- Tuesday, 02:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.03175, longitude -2.17175, 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 Birches Head & Northwood, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 2AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Stoke-on-Trent
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007217026331
- Council area
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5047
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 June 1991.
Serious
Kawasaki ZX550 crash on the B5047 in Stoke-on-Trent, 7 June 1991
10 m awayRef 1991211308251
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the B5047 in Stoke-on-Trent, 15 April 2014
11 m awayRef 2014214002162
Slight
Optare Solo crash on the B5047 in Stoke-on-Trent, 28 May 2008
14 m awayRef 2008218010997
Slight
Car crash on the B5047 in Stoke-on-Trent, 20 October 1986
14 m awayRef 1986216300632
Slight
Van crash on the B5047 in Stoke-on-Trent, 13 April 1979
22 m awayRef 1979219300146
Slight
Lexus IS250 crash on the B5047 in Stoke-on-Trent, 20 February 2007
22 m awayRef 2007217005321
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to 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 2007217026331 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.