A5 crash in South Staffordshire on 6 July 2018 at 17:50 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia, a Jeep Cherokee and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on the A5 in South Staffordshire at 17:50 on Friday 6 July 2018. The 55-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was 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
- 6 Jul 2018
- Friday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Insignia and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67154, longitude -2.01814, in the WS11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cannock Longford & Bridgtown, Cannock Chase, WS11 0JJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018210325633
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2015.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A5 in Cannock Chase, 12 May 2015
14 m awayRef 2015210024315
Slight
Citroen Relay crash on the A5 in South Staffordshire, 30 May 2025
15 m awayRef 2025211601049
Slight
Van crash on the A5 in South Staffordshire, 21 March 1989
16 m awayRef 1989219203711
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A5 in South Staffordshire, 3 August 2005
20 m awayRef 2005215326068
Slight
Perodua Nippa crash on the A5 in South Staffordshire, 27 April 2005
22 m awayRef 2005215314975
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A5 in South Staffordshire, 16 February 1991
24 m awayRef 1991211208831
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Jeep Cherokee
Car
- 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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,985 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- 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 2018210325633 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 2018.