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A520 crash in Staffordshire Moorlands on 7 February 1994 at 07:05 involving a Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry

A Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A520 in Staffordshire Moorlands at 07:05 on Monday 7 February 1994. The 30-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 1994
Monday, 07:05
Vehicles
2
Leyland DAF FA 45 and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.05103, longitude -2.05023, in the ST13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cheddleton.

Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994214112784
Council area
Staffordshire Moorlands
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
520
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 45

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1994214112784 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 1994.