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Serious unclassified road crash in South Staffordshire ST19 on 12 December 1983 at 01:00 involving a van

A van crashed on an unclassified road in South Staffordshire at 01:00 on Monday 12 December 1983. A 33-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Dec 1983
Monday, 01:00
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6774, longitude -2.17848, in the ST19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brewood.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983213200819
Council area
South Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, 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 1983213200819 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 1983.