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B4156 crash in South Staffordshire on 11 May 2021 at 20:00 involving a Honda Insight taxi

A Honda Insight taxi and a Mazda 5 were involved in a crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire at 20:00 on Tuesday 11 May 2021. The 29-year-old male driver of the Mazda 5 and a 56-year-old female passenger in the Honda Insight taxi were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
11 May 2021
Tuesday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Honda Insight and Mazda 5
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62796, longitude -2.05832, in the WV11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Essington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Essington, South Staffordshire, WV11 2DQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021211050994
Council area
South Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4156
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Insight

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,339 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 5)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Insight)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2021211050994 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 2021.