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A5 crash in Cannock Chase on 8 December 1990 at 07:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A5 in Cannock Chase at 07:30 on Saturday 8 December 1990. The 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 1990
Saturday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68076, longitude -2.0538, in the WS11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cannock Chase

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990210208243
Council area
Cannock Chase
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
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, lighting unknown
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1990210208243 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cannock Chase road accident statistics for 1990.