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A5 crash in Tamworth on 13 September 1993 at 21:00 involving an Austin Maestro

An Austin Maestro and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A5 in Tamworth at 21:00 on Monday 13 September 1993. The 18-year-old male driver of the Austin Maestro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Sep 1993
Monday, 21:00
Vehicles
2
Austin Maestro and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61002, longitude -1.67463, in the B77 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tamworth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993213517845
Council area
Tamworth
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

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 1993213517845 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tamworth road accident statistics for 1993.