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A5192 crash in Lichfield on 2 December 1997 at 08:55 involving a Saab 900

A Saab 900 hit a pedestrian on the A5192 in Lichfield at 08:55 on Tuesday 2 December 1997. An 18-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 08:55
Vehicles
1
Saab 900
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68699, longitude -1.80572, 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
1997217825527
Council area
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5192
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
5127

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 900

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Saab 900)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1997217825527 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 1997.