Unclassified road crash in Cannock Chase WS11 on 26 January 2016 at 02:43 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 and a Renault Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cannock Chase at 02:43 on Tuesday 26 January 2016. The 24-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 207 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jan 2016
- Tuesday, 02:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 207 and Renault Trucks
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67223, longitude -2.00398, in the WS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Wyrley Town, South Staffordshire, WS6 6NY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cannock Chase
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016210045804
- Council area
- Cannock Chase
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 96 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 June 2019.
Slight
Peugeot 3008 crash on an unclassified road in Cannock Chase, 20 June 2019
96 m awayRef 2019210856949
Slight
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in Cannock Chase, 29 April 2014
263 m awayRef 2014214002434
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Cannock Chase, 19 February 2016
263 m awayRef 2016210056980
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on an unclassified road in Cannock Chase, 6 August 2012
264 m awayRef 2012212004070
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the M6 in Cannock Chase, 16 October 2018
271 m awayRef 2018210344368
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the M6 in Cannock Chase, 1 October 2022
291 m awayRef 2022211227001
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,780 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
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 2016210045804 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 2016.