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Unclassified road crash in South Staffordshire WV10 on 13 May 1998 at 15:08 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in South Staffordshire at 15:08 on Wednesday 13 May 1998. A 16-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 May 1998
Wednesday, 15:08
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6427, longitude -2.09853, in the WV10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Featherstone.

Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998218920924
Council area
South Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 58 metres away, was a fatal crash on 24 May 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 1998218920924 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Staffordshire road accident statistics for 1998.