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# Driver’s lucky escape after crash on the A38 in Lichfield
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/drivers-lucky-escape-after-crash-on-the-a38-in-lichfield/
- Published: 2017-10-06T11:36:34.000Z
- Updated: 2017-10-06T11:36:34.000Z
- Description: A driver has had a lucky escape after a crash on the A38 in Lichfield in the early hours of this morning (October 6).
- Author: Courtney Myatt
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:23, News

A driver has had a lucky escape after a crash on the A38 in Lichfield in the early hours of this morning (October 6).

[![Emergency services at the scene of the crash on the A38](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_20171006_133353.jpg)](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2017/10/06/drivers-lucky-escape-after-crash-on-the-a38-in-lichfield/img%5F20171006%5F133353/)

Emergency services at the scene of the crash on the A38\. Pic: West Midlands Ambulance Service

The man, who is believed to be in his forties, had got out of his car after it broke down – just before another vehicle smashed into it after 6am.

A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said the man’s decision making had potentially saved his life.

“We arrived to find a car on its roof that had crashed into the central reservation after colliding with a stationary car,” the spokesperson said.

“The driver of the stationary car, which had broken down, had moved to a place of safety at the roadside, a decision which has potentially saved his life given the collision that followed.”