B4156 crash in South Staffordshire on 14 September 2012 at 15:35 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Renault were involved in a crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire at 15:35 on Friday 14 September 2012. A 6-year-old female passenger in the Renault, a 4-year-old female passenger in the Renault and the 27-year-old female driver of the Renault were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Sep 2012
- Friday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Renault
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6276, longitude -2.05891, in the WV11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Essington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Essington, South Staffordshire, WV11 2DQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012212004806
- Council area
- South Staffordshire
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4156
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 2004.
Slight
Daihatsu Sirion crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 29 September 2004
At the same spotRef 2004214329308
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 23 February 2006
14 m awayRef 2006216306184
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 6 February 2014
18 m awayRef 2014214001009
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 13 January 1994
22 m awayRef 1994214915957
Slight
Car crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 16 February 1979
22 m awayRef 1979219200099
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in South Staffordshire, 30 August 2002
22 m awayRef 2002212317609
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Renault
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault)
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 2012212004806 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 2012.