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A513 crash in Lichfield on 6 January 1998 at 07:24 involving a Honda SH50K motorcycle

A bus or coach and a Honda SH50K motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A513 in Lichfield at 07:24 on Tuesday 6 January 1998. The 50-year-old male rider of the Honda SH50K motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 1998
Tuesday, 07:24
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and Honda SH50K
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74391, longitude -1.88768, in the WS15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Handsacre and Armitage.

Map of where the crash happened in Lichfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998218900793
Council area
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
513
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Other
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda SH50K

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda SH50K)

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 1998218900793 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.