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A53 crash in Newcastle-under-Lyme on 27 January 1995 at 12:50 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Seddon/Atkinson lorry were involved in a crash on the A53 in Newcastle-under-Lyme at 12:50 on Friday 27 January 1995. The 65-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jan 1995
Friday, 12:50
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Seddon/Atkinson
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91959, longitude -2.39602, in the TF9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Loggerheads.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995215515150
Council area
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
53
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 August 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,766 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Seddon/Atkinson

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

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 1995215515150 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 1995.