A50 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 1 August 2012 at 17:55 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A50 in Stoke-on-Trent at 17:55 on Wednesday 1 August 2012. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Aug 2012
- Wednesday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.03793, longitude -2.18982, in the ST6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke-on-Trent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moorcroft & Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 2HW 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
- 2012212004172
- Council area
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 50
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2006.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A50 in Stoke-on-Trent, 21 October 2006
At the same spotRef 2006216128291
Slight
Car crash on the A50 in Stoke-on-Trent, 24 July 1984
At the same spotRef 1984214300414
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A50 in Stoke-on-Trent, 20 December 2001
At the same spotRef 2001211123393
Slight
Van crash on the A50 in Stoke-on-Trent, 26 November 1979
At the same spotRef 1979219300587
Slight
Car crash on the A50 in Stoke-on-Trent, 2 February 1980
At the same spotRef 1980210300056
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A50 in Stoke-on-Trent, 1 November 2005
At the same spotRef 2005215135162
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
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 2012212004172 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.