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C road crash in South Staffordshire WS6 on 23 December 2000 at 02:25 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in South Staffordshire at 02:25 on Saturday 23 December 2000. A 17-year-old female passenger in the car and the 31-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 2000
Saturday, 02:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64784, longitude -2.02864, in the WS6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20002103X0005
Council area
South Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 20002103X0005 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 2000.