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Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B75 on 7 February 1980 at 19:30 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 19:30 on Thursday 7 February 1980. A 17-year-old male passenger in the van, the 17-year-old male driver of the van and the 38-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 1980
Thursday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56434, longitude -1.78752, in the B75 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Sutton Coldfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19802000D0376
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 19802000D0376 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.