B5026 crash in Stafford on 8 March 1995 at 11:25 involving a BMW 7 Series
A BMW 7 Series and an Austin Montego were involved in a crash on the B5026 in Stafford at 11:25 on Wednesday 8 March 1995. The 56-year-old female driver of the BMW 7 Series and the 40-year-old female driver of the Austin Montego were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Mar 1995
- Wednesday, 11:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 7 Series and Austin Montego
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.90148, longitude -2.35051, in the ST21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Stafford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1995215618727
- Council area
- Stafford
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Highway authority
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5026
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 2016.
Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the B5026 in Stafford, 30 March 2016
17 m awayRef 2016210055254
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B5026 in Stafford, 10 May 1991
42 m awayRef 1991211710239
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B5026 in Stafford, 25 January 2024
82 m awayRef 2024211403552
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the B5026 in Stafford, 27 October 2001
122 m awayRef 2001211319554
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the B5026 in Stafford, 1 September 2005
166 m awayRef 2005215328920
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the B5026 in Stafford, 21 January 1996
177 m awayRef 1996216601675
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 7 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,430 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Montego
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 7 Series)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Montego)
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 1995215618727 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stafford road accident statistics for 1995.