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B5053 crash in Staffordshire Moorlands on 13 February 1991 at 01:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B5053 in Staffordshire Moorlands at 01:50 on Wednesday 13 February 1991. The 20-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Feb 1991
Wednesday, 01:50
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.06766, longitude -1.95056, in the ST10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991211405384
Council area
Staffordshire Moorlands
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5053
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 24 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 1991211405384 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Staffordshire Moorlands road accident statistics for 1991.