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A513 crash in Tamworth on 6 December 1998 at 11:44 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on the A513 in Tamworth at 11:44 on Sunday 6 December 1998. The 55-year-old female driver of the Ford Granada and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Ford Granada were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 1998
Sunday, 11:44
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Ford Granada
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63812, longitude -1.69466, in the B79 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tamworth.

Map of where the crash happened in Tamworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998218827128
Council area
Tamworth
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
513
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    2,792 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)

    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 1998218827128 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.