A34 crash in Stafford on 15 September 2017 at 13:40 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the A34 in Stafford at 13:40 on Friday 15 September 2017. A female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2017
- Friday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Kia Sportage
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93777, longitude -2.18795, 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
- 2017210222869
- Council area
- Stafford
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2024.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A34 in Stafford, 9 December 2024
1 m awayRef 2024211527998
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A34 in Stafford, 20 April 2016
3 m awayRef 2016210061658
Fatal
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A34 in Stafford, 11 January 2011
6 m awayRef 2011211000267
Serious
Car crash on the A34 in Stafford, 20 October 1982
6 m awayRef 1982212700849
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A34 in Stafford, 8 June 1986
6 m awayRef 1986216700413
Slight
Car crash on the A34 in Stafford, 6 May 1986
6 m awayRef 1986216700323
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Kia Sportage
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017210222869 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 2017.