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A461 crash in Lichfield on 30 October 2007 at 07:55 involving a Citroen Xsara

A Citroen Xsara and a Mercedes 190 were involved in a crash on the A461 in Lichfield at 07:55 on Tuesday 30 October 2007. The 24-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara and the 23-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 190 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Oct 2007
Tuesday, 07:55
Vehicles
2
Citroen Xsara and Mercedes 190
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65363, longitude -1.88585, in the WS14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hammerwich with Wall, Lichfield, WS14 0BD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lichfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007217027622
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
461
Road type
Dual 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
18%
Estimated chance it was slight
82%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,797 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 190)

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 2007217027622 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 2007.