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A5 crash in Cannock Chase on 2 November 2011 at 17:50 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Honda NT650V Deauville motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5 in Cannock Chase at 17:50 on Wednesday 2 November 2011. The 48-year-old male rider of the Honda NT650V Deauville motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 2011
Wednesday, 17:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Honda NT650V Deauville
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67229, longitude -2.02304, 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
2011211006151
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    2,521 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Honda NT650V Deauville

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    647 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda NT650V Deauville)

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 2011211006151 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 2011.