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A38 crash in Lichfield on 25 March 1990 at 15:40 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Carlton were involved in a crash on the A38 in Lichfield at 15:40 on Sunday 25 March 1990. A 15-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Mar 1990
Sunday, 15:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Carlton
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.663, longitude -1.81455, in the WS14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lichfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990210509353
Council area
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
5148

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,979 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1990210509353 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 1990.