B5045 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 17 June 2012 at 04:30 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the B5045 in Stoke-on-Trent at 04:30 on Sunday 17 June 2012. The 34-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and the 32-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jun 2012
- Sunday, 04:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.01245, longitude -2.21013, in the ST4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke-on-Trent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Basford & Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7TN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012212003076
- Council area
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5045
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2003.
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B5045 in Stoke-on-Trent, 11 November 2003
At the same spotRef 2003213132138
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Stoke-on-Trent, 4 September 1983
At the same spotRef 1983213600348
Slight
Van crash on the B5045 in Stoke-on-Trent, 31 January 1979
At the same spotRef 1979219600030
Serious
Car crash on the B5045 in Stoke-on-Trent, 24 July 1979
At the same spotRef 1979219600277
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the B5045 in Stoke-on-Trent, 8 January 2001
At the same spotRef 2001211101141
Slight
Car crash on the B5045 in Stoke-on-Trent, 6 October 1988
At the same spotRef 1988218601469
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 2012212003076 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.