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A5127 crash in Lichfield on 21 December 1979 at 14:43 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A5127 in Lichfield at 14:43 on Friday 21 December 1979. The 62-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 45-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1979
Friday, 14:43
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.69397, longitude -1.78734, in the WS13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lichfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979219500613
Council area
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5127
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
38

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 21 February 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1979219500613 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lichfield road accident statistics for 1979.