B4156 crash in South Staffordshire on 17 February 1993 at 00:05 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Renault 21 were involved in a crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire at 00:05 on Wednesday 17 February 1993. The 25-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 54-year-old male driver of the Renault 21 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 1993
- Wednesday, 00:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Renault 21
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6671, longitude -2.01829, in the WS6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay.
Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1993213213873
- Council area
- South Staffordshire
- Police force
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4156
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 2015.
Slight
Honda crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 7 August 2015
26 m awayRef 2015210027581
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 17 December 1988
32 m awayRef 1988218203047
Slight
Car crash on the B4156 in Cannock Chase, 15 February 1983
36 m awayRef 1983213200082
Slight
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in South Staffordshire, 7 July 1979
36 m awayRef 1979219200414
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on an unclassified road in South Staffordshire, 8 July 1990
40 m awayRef 1990210207112
Slight
Car crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 3 December 1988
40 m awayRef 1988218202989
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Renault 21
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,721 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)
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 1993213213873 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 1993.