A5190 crash in Lichfield on 1 September 2016 at 21:58 involving a Vauxhall Adam
A Vauxhall Adam, a Rieju Marathon motorcycle and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A5190 in Lichfield at 21:58 on Thursday 1 September 2016. The 17-year-old male rider of the Rieju Marathon motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Sep 2016
- Thursday, 21:58
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Adam and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68047, longitude -1.9256, in the WS7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burntwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Summerfield & All Saints, Lichfield, WS7 4RT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lichfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016210103040
- 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
- 5190
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2025.
Slight
BMW X1 crash on the A5190 in Lichfield, 9 December 2025
1 m awayRef 2025211680560
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the A5190 in Cannock Chase, 9 May 1994
3 m awayRef 1994214916641
Slight
Vauxhall Corsavan crash on the A5190 in Lichfield, 27 February 1995
3 m awayRef 1995215918404
Fatal
Car crash on the A5190 in Lichfield, 24 August 1984
8 m awayRef 1984214500642
Serious
Car crash on the A5190 in Lichfield, 23 October 1980
8 m awayRef 1980210500533
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 65 crash on the A5190 in Lichfield, 2 June 2004
8 m awayRef 2004214416602
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Adam
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Rieju Marathon
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 50 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Rieju Marathon)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2016210103040 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 2016.