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Unclassified road crash in Cannock Chase WS11 on 31 December 2018 at 16:03 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on an unclassified road in Cannock Chase at 16:03 on Monday 31 December 2018. A 53-year-old male passenger and the 50-year-old female driver 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
31 Dec 2018
Monday, 16:03
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.70234, longitude -2.01554, in the WS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cannock. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chadsmoor, Cannock Chase, WS11 5DA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cannock Chase

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018210355083
Council area
Cannock Chase
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
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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2018210355083 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 2018.