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A5 crash in Lichfield on 23 December 1997 at 15:42 involving a Mazda 626

A Mazda 626, a Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A5 in Lichfield at 15:42 on Tuesday 23 December 1997. The 34-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 15:42
Vehicles
3
Mazda 626 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64612, longitude -1.8229, in the WS14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lichfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997217827264
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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 16 April 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,789 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 1997217827264 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.