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A5 crash in Cannock Chase on 27 January 2001 at 21:45 involving a Citroen ZX

A car and a Citroen ZX were involved in a crash on the A5 in Cannock Chase at 21:45 on Saturday 27 January 2001. The 41-year-old female driver of the Citroen ZX was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jan 2001
Saturday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Citroen ZX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67247, longitude -2.02363, in the WS11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cannock Longford & Bridgtown, Cannock Chase, WS11 0JJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cannock Chase

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001211302011
Council area
Cannock Chase
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
460

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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

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 2001211302011 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 2001.