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Unclassified road crash in Newcastle-under-Lyme ST7 on 23 January 1996 at 17:00 involving a Citroen AX

Two cars and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newcastle-under-Lyme at 17:00 on Tuesday 23 January 1996. The 19-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jan 1996
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
3
Citroen AX and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.08583, longitude -2.25019, in the ST7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidsgrove.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996216501949
Council area
Newcastle-under-Lyme
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 22 metres away, was a fatal crash on 7 March 1994.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

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 1996216501949 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 1996.