A53 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 13 January 1990 at 06:40 involving a Fiat Panda
A Fiat Panda and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A53 in Stoke-on-Trent at 06:40 on Saturday 13 January 1990. The 28-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jan 1990
- Saturday, 06:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Panda and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.04147, longitude -2.17744, in the ST6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke-on-Trent.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1990210304865
- Council area
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Police force
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 53
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 2025.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A53 in Stoke-on-Trent, 25 December 2025
11 m awayRef 2025211687902
Slight
Lorry crash on the A53 in Stoke-on-Trent, 19 December 1986
32 m awayRef 1986216300770
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A53 in Stoke-on-Trent, 15 January 2004
36 m awayRef 2004214101902
Slight
Car crash on the A53 in Stoke-on-Trent, 27 September 1984
36 m awayRef 1984214300561
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A53 in Stoke-on-Trent, 15 May 1997
41 m awayRef 1997217410417
Slight
Bus crash on the A53 in Stoke-on-Trent, 11 October 1988
50 m awayRef 1988218301999
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 903 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 28, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 1990210304865 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stoke-on-Trent road accident statistics for 1990.