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Serious A520 crash in Staffordshire Moorlands on 6 June 1983 at 17:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A520 in Staffordshire Moorlands at 17:15 on Monday 6 June 1983. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jun 1983
Monday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.06317, longitude -2.04308, in the ST13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cheddleton.

Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983213400239
Council area
Staffordshire Moorlands
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
520
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 May 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1983213400239 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 1983.