A527 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 1 February 2025 at 00:02 involving a BMW 3 Series
A car, a BMW 3 Series and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A527 in Stoke-on-Trent at 00:02 on Saturday 1 February 2025. The 69-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Feb 2025
- Saturday, 00:02
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.07531, longitude -2.19078, in the ST6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke-on-Trent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Chell & Packmoor, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 7LE 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
- 2025211548992
- Council area
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 527
- 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
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, 8 metres away, was a fatal crash on 19 May 2003.
Fatal
Car crash on the A527 in Stoke-on-Trent, 19 May 2003
8 m awayRef 2003213110812
Serious
Car crash on the A527 in Stoke-on-Trent, 20 August 1988
17 m awayRef 1988218301709
Serious
Mercedes S Class crash on the A527 in Stoke-on-Trent, 26 March 2021
19 m awayRef 2021211090908
Slight
Ford Ecosport crash on the A527 in Stoke-on-Trent, 31 October 2016
20 m awayRef 2016210123419
Slight
Suzuki SX4 crash on the A527 in Stoke-on-Trent, 26 July 2013
47 m awayRef 2013213003968
Serious
Kia Sorento crash on the A527 in Stoke-on-Trent, 28 July 2016
66 m awayRef 2016210094294
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,793 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 2025211548992 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 2025.