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A38 crash in Lichfield on 17 November 1990 at 12:35 involving a Rover 800 Series

A Rover 800 Series and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A38 in Lichfield at 12:35 on Saturday 17 November 1990. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Nov 1990
Saturday, 12:35
Vehicles
2
Rover 800 Series and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64915, longitude -1.8084, 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
1990210510996
Council area
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,675 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1990210510996 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.