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M6 crash in Stafford on 4 November 1992 at 18:30 involving a Leyland Freighter

A Leyland Freighter crashed on the M6 in Stafford at 18:30 on Wednesday 4 November 1992. The 28-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Nov 1992
Wednesday, 18:30
Vehicles
1
Leyland Freighter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.80194, longitude -2.15407, in the ST16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stafford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992212713877
Council area
Stafford
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Freighter

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, other vehicle occupant, 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 1992212713877 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stafford road accident statistics for 1992.