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B5440 crash in Tamworth on 9 May 2017 at 17:25 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B5440 in Tamworth at 17:25 on Tuesday 9 May 2017. A 19-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 May 2017
Tuesday, 17:25
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61798, longitude -1.67506, in the B77 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tamworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Belgrave, Tamworth, B77 2TG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tamworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017210181897
Council area
Tamworth
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5440
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2017210181897 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 2017.