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B5331 crash in Staffordshire Moorlands on 3 May 1979 at 12:45 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B5331 in Staffordshire Moorlands at 12:45 on Thursday 3 May 1979. The 50-year-old male driver of the lorry, the 36-year-old male driver of the car and a 22-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 May 1979
Thursday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.11997, longitude -2.06555, in the ST13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979219400137
Council area
Staffordshire Moorlands
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5331
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1979219400137 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Staffordshire Moorlands road accident statistics for 1979.