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Unclassified road crash in Tamworth B77 on 22 September 1995 at 19:20 involving an Austin Morris Mini

An Austin Morris Mini, a Vauxhall Astravan and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tamworth at 19:20 on Friday 22 September 1995. The 17-year-old male driver of the Austin Morris Mini and the 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astravan were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Sep 1995
Friday, 19:20
Vehicles
3
Austin Morris Mini and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63217, longitude -1.65392, 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
1995215822735
Council area
Tamworth
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Unclassified

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 1989.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astravan

    Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Mini)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astravan)

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 1995215822735 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 1995.