A5127 crash in Lichfield on 16 January 2012 at 01:25 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A5127 in Lichfield at 01:25 on Monday 16 January 2012. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jan 2012
- Monday, 01:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67981, longitude -1.82705, in the WS13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lichfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leomansley, Lichfield, WS13 6NT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lichfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012212000341
- 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
- 5127
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 51
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 1998.
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the A51 in Lichfield, 21 August 1998
At the same spotRef 1998218818762
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A5127 in Lichfield, 13 April 2010
At the same spotRef 2010210002451
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A5127 in Lichfield, 28 March 2011
At the same spotRef 2011211001769
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A5127 in Lichfield, 9 July 1997
At the same spotRef 1997217814759
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A51 in Lichfield, 1 May 2007
At the same spotRef 2007217011387
Slight
Suzuki Alto crash on the A51 in Lichfield, 3 April 2004
At the same spotRef 2004214411153
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2012212000341 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 2012.