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Serious B4148 crash in Birmingham on 3 January 1988 at 16:25 involving a car

Two cars and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4148 in Birmingham at 16:25 on Sunday 3 January 1988. The 27-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Jan 1988
Sunday, 16:25
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54818, longitude -1.79792, in the B76 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Sutton Coldfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19882000D0012
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4148
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 19882000D0012 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.