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A5 crash in East Staffordshire on 13 July 1990 at 08:55 involving a Leyland lorry

A Leyland lorry, a Ford Cortina and a car were involved in a crash on the A5 in East Staffordshire at 08:55 on Friday 13 July 1990. The 58-year-old male driver of the Ford Cortina was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Jul 1990
Friday, 08:55
Vehicles
3
Leyland and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64837, longitude -1.82954, in the WS14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990210510081
Council area
East Staffordshire
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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 slight injury crash on 3 September 2007.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

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 1990210510081 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Staffordshire road accident statistics for 1990.