B5066 crash in Stafford on 26 December 2016 at 22:15 involving a Land Rover Discovery
A Land Rover Discovery and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the B5066 in Stafford at 22:15 on Monday 26 December 2016. A 44-year-old female passenger in the Ford Galaxy and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Ford Galaxy were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2016
- Monday, 22:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Discovery and Ford Galaxy
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.81739, longitude -2.21745, in the ST18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Stafford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016210141068
- Council area
- Stafford
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5066
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 80 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1996.
Slight
Leyland crash on a C road in Stafford, 15 November 1996
80 m awayRef 1996216623541
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Stafford, 30 October 1989
279 m awayRef 1989219705577
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Stafford, 15 September 1991
489 m awayRef 1991211711129
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Stafford, 17 May 1986
657 m awayRef 1986216700356
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Stafford, 26 November 1981
661 m awayRef 1981211800874
Serious
Tractor crash on an unclassified road in Stafford, 25 August 2022
677 m awayRef 2022211215177
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,792 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016210141068 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.