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Unclassified road crash in Cannock Chase WS12 on 16 December 2017 at 15:35 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Mazda CX3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cannock Chase at 15:35 on Saturday 16 December 2017. The 53-year-old female driver of the Mazda CX3 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 2017
Saturday, 15:35
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Mazda CX3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.69625, longitude -1.98313, in the WS12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cannock. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heath Hayes & Wimblebury, Cannock Chase, WS12 3AB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cannock Chase

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017210274469
Council area
Cannock Chase
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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, 123 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda CX3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda CX3)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2017210274469 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 2017.