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Serious A531 crash in Newcastle-under-Lyme on 5 January 1998 at 18:45 involving a Land Rover Range Rover

A Land Rover Range Rover crashed on the A531 in Newcastle-under-Lyme at 18:45 on Monday 5 January 1998. The 57-year-old female driver was seriously injured and a 59-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jan 1998
Monday, 18:45
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Range Rover
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.01317, longitude -2.33487, in the CW3 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998218500607
Council area
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
531
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 148 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    3,950 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1998218500607 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 1998.