Serious A34 crash in Birmingham on 30 December 1986 at 18:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A34 in Birmingham at 18:30 on Tuesday 30 December 1986. The 36-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity: Serious
Date: 30 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 18:30
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000E4006
Council area: Birmingham
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 34
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control: Auto traffic signal
Second road class: Unclassified

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 (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
South East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
Leaving the carriageway
Offside
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
36 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
29 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 36, 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 19862000E4006 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.