Unclassified road crash in Stafford ST17 on 20 December 2017 at 09:47 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4, a Mercedes C Class and a Case IH agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Stafford at 09:47 on Wednesday 20 December 2017. The 40-year-old male driver of the Citroen C4, a 52-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C4 and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2017
- Wednesday, 09:47
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen C4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.80066, longitude -2.10743, in the ST17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stafford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Forebridge, Stafford, ST16 2HQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Stafford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017210276173
- Council area
- Stafford
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2016.
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on an unclassified road in Stafford, 15 December 2016
At the same spotRef 2016210139263
Slight
Car crash on the A34 in Stafford, 10 September 2017
At the same spotRef 2017210299570
Slight
Lorry crash on the A34 in Stafford, 22 July 1985
14 m awayRef 1985215700532
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A34 in Stafford, 1 September 2015
14 m awayRef 2015210028711
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A34 in Stafford, 30 March 2001
18 m awayRef 2001211306089
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A34 in Stafford, 4 June 1979
24 m awayRef 1979219800244
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Case IH
Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,728 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2017210276173 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.