A5 crash in Lichfield on 7 February 1995 at 15:25 involving a Rover 800 Series
A Rover 800 Series and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A5 in Lichfield at 15:25 on Tuesday 7 February 1995. The 47-year-old female driver of the Rover 800 Series, the 30-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Rover 800 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Feb 1995
- Tuesday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 800 Series and Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64837, longitude -1.82909, in the WS14 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1995215821283
- Council area
- Lichfield
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Highway authority
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dry
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The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 March 2016.
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 800 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Lane or location
- Leaving lay-by or hard shoulder
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 800 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 800 Series)
- 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 1995215821283 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.