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Serious unclassified road crash in Newcastle-under-Lyme ST7 on 13 April 2016 at 17:00 involving a Ford C-Max

A Ford C-Max hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Newcastle-under-Lyme at 17:00 on Wednesday 13 April 2016. A 7-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Apr 2016
Wednesday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Ford C-Max
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.08239, longitude -2.23065, in the ST7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidsgrove. It is one of the crashes that make up the Goldenhill & Sandyford, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 5SN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle-under-Lyme

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016210060538
Council area
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 125 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford C-Max

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford C-Max)

    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

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 2016210060538 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle-under-Lyme road accident statistics for 2016.