Unclassified road crash in Solihull on 18 December 1986 at 15:40 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Solihull at 15:40 on Thursday 18 December 1986. A 78-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 18 Dec 1986; Thursday, 15:40
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000L2092
Council area: Solihull
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: Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
50 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from driver's nearside

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 19862000L2092 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Solihull road accident statistics for 1986.