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Serious C road crash in Lichfield WS7 on 19 January 1995 at 20:50 involving a Rover 800 Series

A Rover 800 Series hit a pedestrian on a C road in Lichfield at 20:50 on Thursday 19 January 1995. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jan 1995
Thursday, 20:50
Vehicles
1
Rover 800 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68255, longitude -1.93384, in the WS7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burntwood.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995215918169
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
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,675 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 800 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1995215918169 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.