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Unclassified road crash in Lichfield WS14 on 5 November 2002 at 17:10 involving a Rover Range Rover

A Rover Range Rover and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lichfield at 17:10 on Tuesday 5 November 2002. The 38-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Nov 2002
Tuesday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Rover Range Rover and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66966, longitude -1.83759, in the WS14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lichfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leomansley, Lichfield, WS13 6QF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002212422960
Council area
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, 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 7 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    3,528 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

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 2002212422960 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 2002.