B5493 crash in Tamworth on 8 August 2014 at 07:11 involving a Peugeot 107
A Peugeot 107 and a car were involved in a crash on the B5493 in Tamworth at 07:11 on Friday 8 August 2014. The 29-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 107 and the 22-year-old male driver of the car 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
- 8 Aug 2014
- Friday, 07:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 107 and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63392, longitude -1.70018, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Tamworth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014214004178
- 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
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2002.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A5003 in Tamworth, 5 February 2002
10 m awayRef 2002212403127
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Tamworth, 7 March 2018
13 m awayRef 2018210304452
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on an unclassified road in Tamworth, 4 September 2014
16 m awayRef 2014214004785
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B5493 in Tamworth, 4 June 2011
19 m awayRef 2011211003170
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the B5493 in Tamworth, 26 August 2007
19 m awayRef 2007217022334
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A5003 in Tamworth, 27 October 2001
25 m awayRef 2001211419413
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 107)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2014214004178 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 2014.