A5 crash in South Staffordshire on 23 April 2016 at 01:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the A5 in South Staffordshire at 01:35 on Saturday 23 April 2016. All six casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Apr 2016
- Saturday, 01:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.69515, longitude -2.28369, in the TF11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016210061819
- Council area
- South Staffordshire
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, no street lighting
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2007.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A5 in South Staffordshire, 10 August 2007
5 m awayRef 2007217021105
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A5 in South Staffordshire, 19 February 1992
49 m awayRef 1992212211449
Serious
Mercedes Vito crash on the A5 in South Staffordshire, 15 July 2014
62 m awayRef 2014214003748
Slight
Lorry crash on the A5 in South Staffordshire, 21 April 1983
67 m awayRef 1983213200229
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in South Staffordshire, 20 June 1989
94 m awayRef 1989219204309
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A5 in South Staffordshire, 10 December 1993
95 m awayRef 1993213215766
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016210061819 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 2016.