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Serious A47 crash in Birmingham on 11 May 1980 at 00:29 involving a car

A car crashed on the A47 in Birmingham at 00:29 on Sunday 11 May 1980. The 17-year-old male driver and a 16-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 May 1980
Sunday, 00:29
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49164, longitude -1.87035, in the B7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19802000D1167
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 4 April 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 19802000D1167 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.