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Serious unclassified road crash in Newcastle-under-Lyme ST7 on 16 January 2003 at 14:25 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Rover 100 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newcastle-under-Lyme at 14:25 on Thursday 16 January 2003. The 47-year-old male driver of the Rover 100 Series was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Jan 2003
Thursday, 14:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Rover 100 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.08879, longitude -2.24828, in the ST7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidsgrove. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST7 1BX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle-under-Lyme

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003213201575
Council area
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 100 Series)

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 2003213201575 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 2003.