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A519 crash in Stafford on 1 September 1990 at 13:45 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A519 in Stafford at 13:45 on Saturday 1 September 1990. A 16-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort and a 17-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 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Sep 1990
Saturday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.85975, longitude -2.25141, in the ST21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eccleshall.

Map of where the crash happened in Stafford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990210708106
Council area
Stafford
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
519
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5026

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 25 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1990210708106 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stafford road accident statistics for 1990.