Serious unclassified road crash in Solihull on 24 December 1986 at 23:47 involving a van

A van crashed on an unclassified road in Solihull at 23:47 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. The 25-year-old male driver and a 24-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 24 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 23:47
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 2; 2 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000L2127
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: 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 (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Nearside or offside crash barrier
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
25 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
Casualty 2: Passenger
Serious
Male, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 19862000L2127 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.