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A527 crash in Newcastle-under-Lyme on 21 September 1990 at 14:10 involving a Ford lorry

A Ford lorry and an FSO Cars 125 were involved in a crash on the A527 in Newcastle-under-Lyme at 14:10 on Friday 21 September 1990. The 35-year-old male driver of the Ford lorry and the 30-year-old female driver of the FSO Cars 125 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Sep 1990
Friday, 14:10
Vehicles
2
Ford and FSO Cars 125
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.02774, longitude -2.21496, in the ST5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990210708287
Council area
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
527
Road type
Dual 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    60 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: FSO Cars 125

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (FSO Cars 125)

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 1990210708287 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle-under-Lyme road accident statistics for 1990.