A53 crash in Staffordshire Moorlands on 17 November 2017 at 15:05 involving a Vauxhall Meriva
A Vauxhall Meriva, a Toyota Aygo and a Mitsubishi Colt were involved in a crash on the A53 in Staffordshire Moorlands at 15:05 on Friday 17 November 2017. All four casualties were 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
- 17 Nov 2017
- Friday, 15:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Meriva and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.08339, longitude -2.10186, in the ST9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Endon.
Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017210262178
- Council area
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 53
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 2018.
Slight
Car crash on the A53 in the Staffordshire Moorlands, 22 May 2018
At the same spotRef 2018210310851
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A53 in the Staffordshire Moorlands, 27 May 1993
26 m awayRef 1993213310509
Slight
Car crash on the A53 in the Staffordshire Moorlands, 23 February 1987
27 m awayRef 1987217400042
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A53 in the Staffordshire Moorlands, 31 January 1998
33 m awayRef 1998218403098
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A53 in the Staffordshire Moorlands, 18 June 1999
33 m awayRef 1999219214677
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A53 in the Staffordshire Moorlands, 15 October 2002
36 m awayRef 2002212221139
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Meriva
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
- Any animal (except ridden horse)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Any animal (except ridden horse)
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Mitsubishi Colt
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Any animal (except ridden horse)
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Meriva)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mitsubishi Colt)
- 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 2017210262178 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Staffordshire Moorlands road accident statistics for 2017.