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A5005 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 16 July 2018 at 03:08 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the A5005 in Stoke-on-Trent at 03:08 on Monday 16 July 2018. The 30-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra 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
Slight
Date
16 Jul 2018
Monday, 03:08
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vectra and Skoda Octavia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97918, longitude -2.12756, in the ST3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke-on-Trent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lightwood North & Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 4RH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Stoke-on-Trent

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018210313247
Council area
Stoke-on-Trent
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5005
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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

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 12 May 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

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 2018210313247 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stoke-on-Trent road accident statistics for 2018.