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Serious A511 crash in East Staffordshire on 9 December 2025 at 11:32 involving a Mazda 6

A Mazda 6 and a van were involved in a crash on the A511 in East Staffordshire at 11:32 on Tuesday 9 December 2025. The 74-year-old male driver of the Mazda 6 was seriously injured and the 25-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Dec 2025
Tuesday, 11:32
Vehicles
2
Mazda 6 and van
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.8219, longitude -1.64166, 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 Burton & Eton, East Staffordshire, DE14 2SP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Staffordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025211680452
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
511
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
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 6

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    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
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    2,191 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 6)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 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 2025211680452 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.