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Serious B5404 crash in Lichfield on 23 August 1998 at 18:58 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405 crashed on the B5404 in Lichfield at 18:58 on Sunday 23 August 1998. The 24-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Aug 1998
Sunday, 18:58
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 405
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6305, longitude -1.73786, in the B78 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lichfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998218818583
Council area
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5404
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

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 1998218818583 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 1998.