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A4540 crash in Birmingham on 26 August 1980 at 17:05 involving a car

A car and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 17:05 on Tuesday 26 August 1980. The 18-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Aug 1980
Tuesday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Car and motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48629, longitude -1.91896, in the B18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19802000C1800
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4540
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 19802000C1800 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Birmingham road accident statistics for 1980.