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A34 crash in South Staffordshire on 21 September 1992 at 19:30 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the A34 in South Staffordshire at 19:30 on Monday 21 September 1992. The 32-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier, the 21-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Swift and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Swift were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Sep 1992
Monday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Suzuki Swift
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66692, longitude -2.01637, in the WS6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay.

Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992212212751
Council area
South Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
34
Road type
Single 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1992212212751 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Staffordshire road accident statistics for 1992.