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A5008 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 22 January 2012 at 21:55 involving a car

A car crashed on the A5008 in Stoke-on-Trent at 21:55 on Sunday 22 January 2012. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jan 2012
Sunday, 21:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.02494, longitude -2.16024, 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 Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3ST 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
2012212000492
Council area
Stoke-on-Trent
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5008
Road type
Dual 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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 2012212000492 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 2012.