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B5029 crash in Staffordshire Moorlands on 17 October 1990 at 09:35 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Citroen Visa were involved in a crash on the B5029 in Staffordshire Moorlands at 09:35 on Wednesday 17 October 1990. The 19-year-old female driver of the Citroen Visa and a 61-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Oct 1990
Wednesday, 09:35
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Citroen Visa
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96057, longitude -2.1003, in the ST3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke-on-Trent.

Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990210404768
Council area
Staffordshire Moorlands
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5029
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 21 April 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Visa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Visa)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1990210404768 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.