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Serious A520 crash in Staffordshire Moorlands on 12 January 2012 at 19:18 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class hit a pedestrian on the A520 in Staffordshire Moorlands at 19:18 on Thursday 12 January 2012. A 22-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Jan 2012
Thursday, 19:18
Vehicles
1
Mercedes C Class
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.04661, longitude -2.05128, in the ST13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wetley Rocks.

Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012212000289
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
520
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    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
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 2012212000289 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 2012.