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A4601 crash in Cannock Chase on 21 March 2015 at 18:30 involving a Citroen Saxo

A Citroen Saxo crashed on the A4601 in Cannock Chase at 18:30 on Saturday 21 March 2015. A 42-year-old male passenger and a 26-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Mar 2015
Saturday, 18:30
Vehicles
1
Citroen Saxo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68987, longitude -2.02452, in the WS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cannock. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cannock Longford & Bridgtown, Cannock Chase, WS11 0EE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cannock Chase

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015215001600
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
4601
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
5190

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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2015215001600 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 2015.