Serious A34 crash in Solihull on 24 December 1986 at 09:05 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A34 in Solihull at 09:05 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. The 22-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 24 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 09:05
Vehicles: 2; Car and van
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19862000L2133
Council area: Solihull
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 34
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 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: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
22 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Female, aged 22, 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 19862000L2133 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.