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Serious A453 crash in Tamworth on 22 January 2021 at 14:00 involving a Peugeot 5008

A Peugeot 5008 hit a pedestrian on the A453 in Tamworth at 14:00 on Friday 22 January 2021. A 69-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Jan 2021
Friday, 14:00
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 5008
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63211, longitude -1.68929, in the B79 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tamworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Tamworth, B79 7BH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tamworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021211052843
Council area
Tamworth
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
453
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
453

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 5008

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 69, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 5008)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2021211052843 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 2021.