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M5 crash in Bromsgrove on 24 July 1986 at 15:08 involving a lorry

Two lorries and a car were involved in a crash on the M5 in Bromsgrove at 15:08 on Thursday 24 July 1986. The 44-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jul 1986
Thursday, 15:08
Vehicles
3
Lorry and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.31574, longitude -2.09883, in the B61 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bromsgrove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986220207034
Council area
Bromsgrove
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 March 1986.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 1986220207034 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bromsgrove road accident statistics for 1986.