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Serious A4040 crash in Birmingham on 29 December 1988 at 08:17 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 08:17 on Thursday 29 December 1988. There were six casualties: two people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 1988
Thursday, 08:17
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
6
2 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49968, longitude -1.83055, in the B8 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
19882000E2576
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4040
Road type
Dual 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 19882000E2576 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.