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Serious B5405 crash in Stafford on 15 May 1998 at 07:45 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Mazda 323 were involved in a crash on the B5405 in Stafford at 07:45 on Friday 15 May 1998. The 57-year-old male driver of the Mazda 323 and the 32-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
15 May 1998
Friday, 07:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Mazda 323
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.82394, longitude -2.22152, in the ST20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stafford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998218611196
Council area
Stafford
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5405
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, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 323

    Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 323)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 1998218611196 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stafford road accident statistics for 1998.