A34 crash in Stafford on 20 April 2016 at 07:18 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a car were involved in a crash on the A34 in Stafford at 07:18 on Wednesday 20 April 2016. The 30-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio and the 47-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2016
- Wednesday, 07:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93774, longitude -2.18801, in the ST12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barlaston, Stafford, ST12 9HG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Stafford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016210061658
- Council area
- Stafford
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Second road class
- C
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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2024.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A34 in Stafford, 9 December 2024
3 m awayRef 2024211527998
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A34 in Stafford, 15 September 2017
3 m awayRef 2017210222869
Fatal
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A34 in Stafford, 11 January 2011
5 m awayRef 2011211000267
Serious
Car crash on the A34 in Stafford, 20 October 1982
5 m awayRef 1982212700849
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A34 in Stafford, 8 June 1986
5 m awayRef 1986216700413
Slight
Car crash on the A34 in Stafford, 6 May 1986
5 m awayRef 1986216700323
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 47 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2016210061658 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stafford road accident statistics for 2016.