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B5490 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 27 October 2012 at 08:30 involving a Vauxhall Zafira taxi

A Vauxhall Zafira taxi crashed on the B5490 in Stoke-on-Trent at 08:30 on Saturday 27 October 2012. A 19-year-old female passenger and an 18-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Oct 2012
Saturday, 08:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Zafira
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.98365, longitude -2.17513, 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 Hollybush, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 4TW 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
2012212005725
Council area
Stoke-on-Trent
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5490
Road type
Single 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
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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 27 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 November 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2012212005725 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.