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A523 crash in Staffordshire Moorlands on 24 May 1997 at 09:35 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Citroen Xantia were involved in a crash on the A523 in Staffordshire Moorlands at 09:35 on Saturday 24 May 1997. The 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van, a 29-year-old female passenger in the Ford Transit van and the 47-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xantia were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 May 1997
Saturday, 09:35
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Citroen Xantia
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.1692, longitude -2.10512, in the SK11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Staffordshire Moorlands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997217110663
Council area
Staffordshire Moorlands
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
523
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 June 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (side)
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,761 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xantia)

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 1997217110663 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 1997.