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Fatal A531 crash in Newcastle-under-Lyme on 13 January 2005 at 13:00 involving a DAF Trucks FA 55 lorry

A DAF Trucks FA 55 lorry hit a pedestrian on the A531 in Newcastle-under-Lyme at 13:00 on Thursday 13 January 2005. A 44-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
13 Jan 2005
Thursday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
DAF Trucks FA 55
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.02618, longitude -2.36794, in the CW3 postcode district.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005215202061
Council area
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
531
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks FA 55

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 44, hit by vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks FA 55)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation

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 2005215202061 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 2005.