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Serious A5 crash in Lichfield on 11 January 1980 at 12:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A5 in Lichfield at 12:50 on Friday 11 January 1980. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Jan 1980
Friday, 12:50
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61357, longitude -1.69099, in the B77 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lichfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980210500010
Council area
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1980210500010 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 1980.