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Serious A38 crash in Birmingham on 31 March 1988 at 07:41 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A38 in Birmingham at 07:41 on Thursday 31 March 1988. The 47-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Mar 1988
Thursday, 07:41
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45123, longitude -1.91608, in the B5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19882000B0510
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 19882000B0510 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Birmingham road accident statistics for 1988.