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A4601 crash in Cannock Chase on 18 July 1998 at 11:55 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A4601 in Cannock Chase at 11:55 on Saturday 18 July 1998. A 14-year-old male passenger in the Renault Megane and a 52-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jul 1998
Saturday, 11:55
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Renault Megane
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.69677, longitude -2.01372, in the WS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cannock.

Map of where the crash happened in Cannock Chase

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998218915782
Council area
Cannock Chase
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4601
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    6,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1998218915782 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cannock Chase road accident statistics for 1998.