A5121 crash in East Staffordshire on 23 September 2025 at 12:00 involving a Volvo lorry
A Volvo lorry and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A5121 in East Staffordshire at 12:00 on Tuesday 23 September 2025. The 42-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Sep 2025
- Tuesday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.82789, longitude -1.61703, in the DE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burton upon Trent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stretton, East Staffordshire, DE13 0RJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Staffordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025211645362
- Council area
- East Staffordshire
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5121
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 2007.
Slight
Car crash on the A5121 in East Staffordshire, 10 October 2007
5 m awayRef 2007217026207
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A5121 in East Staffordshire, 25 October 2023
11 m awayRef 2023211367658
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A5121 in East Staffordshire, 15 April 2016
14 m awayRef 2016210062236
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5121 in East Staffordshire, 25 May 2012
15 m awayRef 2012212002692
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A5121 in East Staffordshire, 21 August 2009
17 m awayRef 2009219006683
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the A5121 in East Staffordshire, 27 July 2009
17 m awayRef 2009219005854
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025211645362 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Staffordshire road accident statistics for 2025.