Serious A452 crash in Solihull on 22 December 1979 at 23:10 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A452 in Solihull at 23:10 on Saturday 22 December 1979. A 22-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 22 Dec 1979; Saturday, 23:10
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197920LMXCC60
Council area: Solihull
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 452
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 197920LMXCC60 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Solihull road accident statistics for 1979.