B5404 crash in Lichfield on 24 February 2012 at 11:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the B5404 in Lichfield at 11:20 on Friday 24 February 2012. The 41-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2012
- Friday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61446, longitude -1.69837, in the B78 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fazeley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Tamworth, B78 3LB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lichfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012212001249
- Council area
- Lichfield
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5404
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 1997.
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B5404 in Lichfield, 22 December 1997
At the same spotRef 19972178X0279
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A5 in Tamworth, 26 November 1986
10 m awayRef 1986216500931
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the B5404 in Lichfield, 23 December 2006
10 m awayRef 20062160X0182
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the B5404 in Lichfield, 5 September 2014
13 m awayRef 2014214004660
Slight
Bus crash on the A51 in Tamworth, 3 July 1981
14 m awayRef 1981211500382
Slight
Lorry crash on the A5 in Lichfield, 1 March 1986
20 m awayRef 1986216500151
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 2012212001249 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.