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B5044 crash in Newcastle-under-Lyme on 3 January 1991 at 07:45 involving a Talbot Sunbeam

A Talbot Sunbeam crashed on the B5044 in Newcastle-under-Lyme at 07:45 on Thursday 3 January 1991. The 40-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jan 1991
Thursday, 07:45
Vehicles
1
Talbot Sunbeam
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.01144, longitude -2.23455, in the ST5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle-under-Lyme

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991211709255
Council area
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5044
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot Sunbeam

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,295 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Sunbeam)

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 1991211709255 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 1991.