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A453 crash in Lichfield on 18 February 2025 at 17:45 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery and an Audi Q3 were involved in a crash on the A453 in Lichfield at 17:45 on Tuesday 18 February 2025. A 67-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Discovery was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Feb 2025
Tuesday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Discovery and Audi Q3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59329, longitude -1.77937, in the B75 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Curdworth, North Warwickshire, B75 5SA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lichfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025211555771
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
453
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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, 47 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric

  • Vehicle 2: Audi Q3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South 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
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,395 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2025211555771 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 2025.