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Fatal A50 crash in Stoke-on-Trent on 27 September 1998 at 18:55 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle and a Seat Ibiza were involved in a crash on the A50 in Stoke-on-Trent at 18:55 on Sunday 27 September 1998. The 26-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Sep 1998
Sunday, 18:55
Vehicles
2
Suzuki and Seat Ibiza
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.00409, longitude -2.16284, in the ST4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke-on-Trent.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998218220980
Council area
Stoke-on-Trent
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Dark, street lights lit
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 15 February 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 1998218220980 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stoke-on-Trent road accident statistics for 1998.