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A522 crash in Staffordshire Moorlands on 3 May 2009 at 03:55 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series crashed on the A522 in Staffordshire Moorlands at 03:55 on Sunday 3 May 2009. The 20-year-old male driver 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
3 May 2009
Sunday, 03:55
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95331, longitude -1.98523, in the ST10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Upper Tean. It is one of the crashes that make up the Checkley, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST10 4EJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009219003586
Council area
Staffordshire Moorlands
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
522
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
C

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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

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 2009219003586 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Staffordshire Moorlands road accident statistics for 2009.