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A5 crash in Lichfield on 27 January 2012 at 20:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Skoda Fabia were involved in a crash on the A5 in Lichfield at 20:35 on Friday 27 January 2012. A 31-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jan 2012
Friday, 20:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Skoda Fabia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65608, longitude -1.9225, in the WS8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 6JS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lichfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012212000499
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
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
5195

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2012212000499 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.