B5493 crash in Tamworth on 17 February 2012 at 10:10 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B5493 in Tamworth at 10:10 on Friday 17 February 2012. A 26-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and the 49-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2012
- Friday, 10:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6363, longitude -1.69483, in the B79 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tamworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Tamworth, B79 7BH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012212000924
- Council area
- Tamworth
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5493
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 1993.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A5003 in Tamworth, 20 February 1993
At the same spotRef 1993213516564
Slight
Austin Morris Mini crash on the A5003 in Tamworth, 18 May 1993
At the same spotRef 1993213517085
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Tamworth, 30 September 1995
At the same spotRef 1995215822777
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the A5003 in Tamworth, 18 July 1999
At the same spotRef 1999219416645
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B5493 in Tamworth, 1 October 2005
At the same spotRef 2005215431769
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A5003 in Tamworth, 10 August 1992
At the same spotRef 1992212515174
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2012212000924 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tamworth road accident statistics for 2012.