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Serious A520 crash in Stafford on 27 August 2024 at 14:50 involving an Iveco Eurocargo lorry

An Iveco Eurocargo lorry hit a pedestrian on the A520 in Stafford at 14:50 on Tuesday 27 August 2024. A 50-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Aug 2024
Tuesday, 14:50
Vehicles
1
Iveco Eurocargo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.90227, longitude -2.14564, in the ST15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stone. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael's & Stonefield, Stafford, ST15 0TT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Stafford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024211484359
Council area
Stafford
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
520
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
Unclassified

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

Serious injury band
Very 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco Eurocargo

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    4,485 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 50, hit by vehicle 1 (Iveco Eurocargo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2024211484359 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stafford road accident statistics for 2024.