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Fatal B5500 crash in Newcastle-under-Lyme on 20 January 1994 at 19:15 involving a Volkswagen Beetle

A Volkswagen Beetle hit a pedestrian on the B5500 in Newcastle-under-Lyme at 19:15 on Thursday 20 January 1994. A 79-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
20 Jan 1994
Thursday, 19:15
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Beetle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.05617, longitude -2.29179, in the ST7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bignall End.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994214512447
Council area
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5500
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 June 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,585 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 79, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1994214512447 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 1994.