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A5 crash in South Staffordshire on 5 August 1990 at 08:45 involving a Datsun Skyline

A Datsun Skyline and a Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5 in South Staffordshire at 08:45 on Sunday 5 August 1990. The 26-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle and a 24-year-old male passenger on the Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Aug 1990
Sunday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Datsun Skyline and Kawasaki ZX900
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68732, longitude -2.0578, in the WS11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990210207263
Council area
South Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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, 72 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Skyline

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    2,393 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX900

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    908 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX900)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX900)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1990210207263 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 1990.