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B5000 crash in Tamworth on 8 June 1998 at 15:15 involving a Leyland DAF FA 55 lorry

A Leyland DAF FA 55 lorry, a Mercedes lorry and a Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the B5000 in Tamworth at 15:15 on Monday 8 June 1998. The 32-year-old male driver of the Leyland DAF FA 55 lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jun 1998
Monday, 15:15
Vehicles
3
Leyland DAF FA 55 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62381, longitude -1.65458, in the B77 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tamworth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998218812876
Council area
Tamworth
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5000
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2009.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 55

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    10,964 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FA 55)

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 1998218812876 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tamworth road accident statistics for 1998.