Unclassified road crash in Birmingham on 31 December 1986 at 23:15 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 23:15 on Wednesday 31 December 1986. The 38-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 23:15
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000D3609
Council area: Birmingham
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: One way street or slip road
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: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
Leaving the carriageway
Offside and rebounded
Hit object off carriageway
Lamp post
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
38 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 38, 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 19862000D3609 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.