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B5013 crash in Lichfield on 22 December 1979 at 18:30 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the B5013 in Lichfield at 18:30 on Saturday 22 December 1979. A 28-year-old male passenger in the van, the 25-year-old male driver of the van and the 31-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 1979
Saturday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7835, longitude -1.93813, in the WS15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lichfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979219500615
Council area
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5013
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Road sign or marking defective or obscured
Carriageway hazards
Permanent road signing or markings defective or obscured or inadequate

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, 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 1979219500615 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.