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Serious A34 crash in Solihull on 17 November 1988 at 13:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A34 in Solihull at 13:45 on Thursday 17 November 1988. The 72-year-old female driver of vehicle 1, a 68-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and a 70-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Nov 1988
Thursday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39087, longitude -1.8104, in the B90 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19882000L0945
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    72 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 19882000L0945 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 1988.