B4142 crash in Birmingham on 29 December 1986 at 17:40 involving a car

A car crashed on the B4142 in Birmingham at 17:40 on Monday 29 December 1986. The 43-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1986; Monday, 17:40
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000D3607
Council area: Birmingham
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 4142
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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
43 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 19862000D3607 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 1986.