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A449 crash in South Staffordshire on 18 November 1998 at 11:50 involving an Austin Montego

A car and an Austin Montego were involved in a crash on the A449 in South Staffordshire at 11:50 on Wednesday 18 November 1998. A 74-year-old female passenger in the Austin Montego was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Nov 1998
Wednesday, 11:50
Vehicles
2
Car and Austin Montego
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46466, longitude -2.20072, in the DY7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998218025550
Council area
South Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
449
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    6,750 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Montego)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1998218025550 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Staffordshire road accident statistics for 1998.