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A53 crash in Staffordshire Moorlands on 17 October 1991 at 10:00 involving a Leyland Freighter lorry

A Leyland Freighter lorry crashed on the A53 in Staffordshire Moorlands at 10:00 on Thursday 17 October 1991. The 25-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Oct 1991
Thursday, 10:00
Vehicles
1
Leyland Freighter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.1882, longitude -1.95491, in the SK17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991211406436
Council area
Staffordshire Moorlands
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
53
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Freighter

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland Freighter)

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 1991211406436 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.