B5039 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 28 September 2025 at 01:12 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the B5039 in Stoke-on-Trent at 01:12 on Sunday 28 September 2025. The 54-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 24-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Sep 2025
- Sunday, 01:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.99204, longitude -2.12988, 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 Longton & Meir Hay South, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 1FA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025211647403
- Council area
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5039
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by school crossing patrol
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 5 metres away, was a fatal crash on 23 November 1987.
Fatal
Car crash on the B5039 in Stoke-on-Trent, 23 November 1987
5 m awayRef 1987217600483
Slight
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in Stoke-on-Trent, 22 May 2001
10 m awayRef 2001211109443
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5039 in Stoke-on-Trent, 15 July 1990
19 m awayRef 1990210604578
Serious
Car crash on the B5039 in Stoke-on-Trent, 6 September 1981
26 m awayRef 1981211600335
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B5039 in Stoke-on-Trent, 1 February 2003
27 m awayRef 2003213102786
Slight
Car crash on the B5039 in Stoke-on-Trent, 29 April 1984
27 m awayRef 1984214600182
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2025211647403 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.