Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B12 on 19 August 1981 at 17:50 involving a van
A van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 17:50 on Wednesday 19 August 1981. A 7-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Aug 1981
- Wednesday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45841, longitude -1.89694, in the B12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19812000B2148
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 19812000B2148 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 1981.