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Serious B5039 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 18 February 1990 at 18:20 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A van and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B5039 in Stoke-on-Trent at 18:20 on Sunday 18 February 1990. The 19-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Feb 1990
Sunday, 18:20
Vehicles
2
Van and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.99578, longitude -2.1263, in the ST3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke-on-Trent.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990210603888
Council area
Stoke-on-Trent
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5039
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

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 1990210603888 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.