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C road crash in East Staffordshire DE14 on 17 January 1997 at 19:30 involving a Fiat Uno

A Fiat Uno and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in East Staffordshire at 19:30 on Friday 17 January 1997. A 16-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Uno, an 18-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Uno and the 17-year-old male driver of the Fiat Uno were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jan 1997
Friday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Fiat Uno and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.82474, longitude -1.62925, in the DE14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burton upon Trent.

Map of where the crash happened in East Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997217701707
Council area
East Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

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 1997217701707 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Staffordshire road accident statistics for 1997.