Serious B4102 crash in Solihull on 24 December 1986 at 15:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4102 in Solihull at 15:20 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. A 69-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 24 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 15:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000L2128
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: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
68 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
22 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Serious
Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger

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 19862000L2128 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.