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Serious A5148 crash in Lichfield on 11 November 2012 at 04:40 involving a Ford Transit minibus

A Ford Transit minibus crashed on the A5148 in Lichfield at 04:40 on Sunday 11 November 2012. There were seven casualties: two people were seriously injured and five were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Nov 2012
Sunday, 04:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
7
2 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6497, longitude -1.83309, in the WS14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shenstone, Lichfield, WS14 0GR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012212006003
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
5148
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
5

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 2012212006003 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.