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A520 crash in Staffordshire Moorlands on 21 March 1990 at 07:08 involving a Leyland Cars bus

A Leyland Cars bus and a Foden lorry were involved in a crash on the A520 in Staffordshire Moorlands at 07:08 on Wednesday 21 March 1990. All nine casualties were slightly injured. One of them was a pedestrian.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Mar 1990
Wednesday, 07:08
Vehicles
2
Leyland Cars and Foden
Casualties
9
9 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.02558, longitude -2.06526, in the ST9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Werrington.

Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990210403788
Council area
Staffordshire Moorlands
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
520
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
52

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Cars

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Foden

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (9)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Foden)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 9: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 1990210403788 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 1990.