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A527 crash in Staffordshire Moorlands on 27 February 1991 at 18:40 involving a Mitsubishi Lancer

A Mitsubishi Lancer and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on the A527 in Staffordshire Moorlands at 18:40 on Wednesday 27 February 1991. The 41-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Lancer and the 39-year-old female driver of the Renault 5 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Feb 1991
Wednesday, 18:40
Vehicles
2
Mitsubishi Lancer and Renault 5
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.10789, longitude -2.18041, in the ST8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Biddulph.

Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991211405446
Council area
Staffordshire Moorlands
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
527
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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 6 January 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Lancer

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Lancer)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

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 1991211405446 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.