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A38 crash in Lichfield on 1 December 2004 at 08:25 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf, a Volkswagen Polo and a Land Rover Defender were involved in a crash on the A38 in Lichfield at 08:25 on Wednesday 1 December 2004. A female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Dec 2004
Wednesday, 08:25
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Golf and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67626, longitude -1.80015, in the WS14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whittington & Streethay, Lichfield, WS14 9JF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lichfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004214436643
Council area
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 January 2012.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,588 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 3: Land Rover Defender

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2004214436643 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 2004.