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Unclassified road crash in Tamworth B77 on 1 September 1990 at 15:21 involving a Leyland Cars Mini

A Leyland Cars Mini and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tamworth at 15:21 on Saturday 1 September 1990. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and the 20-year-old male driver of the Leyland Cars Mini were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Sep 1990
Saturday, 15:21
Vehicles
2
Leyland Cars Mini and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61959, longitude -1.65801, in the B77 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tamworth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990210510375
Council area
Tamworth
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 January 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Cars Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars Mini)

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 1990210510375 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tamworth road accident statistics for 1990.