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Serious C road crash in Lichfield WS14 on 20 December 1995 at 10:25 involving a Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry

A Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry crashed on a C road in Lichfield at 10:25 on Wednesday 20 December 1995. The 30-year-old male driver and a 30-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 1995
Wednesday, 10:25
Vehicles
1
Leyland DAF FA 45
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67253, longitude -1.76319, in the WS14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whittington.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995215805519
Council area
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 45

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    5,880 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FA 45)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FA 45)

    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 1995215805519 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 1995.