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Serious A449 crash in South Staffordshire on 7 February 1982 at 20:25 involving a van

A van crashed on the A449 in South Staffordshire at 20:25 on Sunday 7 February 1982. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Feb 1982
Sunday, 20:25
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46511, longitude -2.20014, in the DY7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982212200066
Council area
South Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
449
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1982212200066 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Staffordshire road accident statistics for 1982.