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C road crash in Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5 on 8 August 1995 at 00:28 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van crashed on a C road in Newcastle-under-Lyme at 00:28 on Tuesday 8 August 1995. The 19-year-old male driver and an 18-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Aug 1995
Tuesday, 00:28
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.01655, longitude -2.2796, in the ST5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995215516178
Council area
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5044

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1995215516178 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.