Serious B5371 crash in Newcastle-under-Lyme on 23 May 2018 at 21:59 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B5371 in Newcastle-under-Lyme at 21:59 on Wednesday 23 May 2018. A 17-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 May 2018
- Wednesday, 21:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.08481, longitude -2.25096, in the ST7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidsgrove. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST7 1BX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018210303012
- Council area
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5371
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2014.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B5371 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, 30 October 2014
3 m awayRef 2014214005800
Slight
Car crash on the B5371 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, 22 November 2008
4 m awayRef 2008218017792
Slight
Subaru crash on the B5371 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, 3 December 2001
4 m awayRef 2001211222209
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Newcastle-under-Lyme, 25 March 1986
6 m awayRef 1986216300182
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5371 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, 22 June 1994
6 m awayRef 1994214213524
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Newcastle-under-Lyme, 17 December 1987
6 m awayRef 1987217300677
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2018210303012 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 2018.