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A51 crash in Lichfield on 21 December 1991 at 16:30 involving an Austin Allegro

An Austin Allegro and a MAN/VW lorry were involved in a crash on the A51 in Lichfield at 16:30 on Saturday 21 December 1991. A 14-year-old female passenger in the Austin Allegro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1991
Saturday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Austin Allegro and MAN/VW
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.681, longitude -1.82793, in the WS13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lichfield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991211513755
Council area
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
51
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 7 February 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Allegro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,485 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: MAN/VW

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Allegro)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1991211513755 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 1991.