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Unclassified road crash in Lichfield WS13 on 31 December 1990 at 23:45 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova crashed on an unclassified road in Lichfield at 23:45 on Monday 31 December 1990. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1990
Monday, 23:45
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66908, longitude -1.85386, 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
1990210511272
Council area
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 1990210511272 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.