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Unclassified road crash in Staffordshire Moorlands ST6 on 18 October 1980 at 14:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Staffordshire Moorlands at 14:00 on Saturday 18 October 1980. A 20-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and the 30-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Oct 1980
Saturday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.07343, longitude -2.14131, in the ST6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brown Edge.

Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980210400352
Council area
Staffordshire Moorlands
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1980210400352 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 1980.