Serious B4102 crash in Solihull on 23 December 1986 at 20:17 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4102 in Solihull at 20:17 on Tuesday 23 December 1986. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 23 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 20:17
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000L2122
Council area: Solihull
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 4102
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
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
19 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
Lane or location
Not on carriageway
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
42 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 19, 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 19862000L2122 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.