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A520 crash in Staffordshire Moorlands on 11 November 1996 at 20:08 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A520 in Staffordshire Moorlands at 20:08 on Monday 11 November 1996. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Nov 1996
Monday, 20:08
Vehicles
2
Honda Civic and Ford Escort
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.04231, longitude -2.05201, in the ST9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wetley Rocks.

Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996216123249
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

    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 1996216123249 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 1996.