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Serious A41 crash in Solihull on 29 December 1988 at 07:30 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A41 in Solihull at 07:30 on Thursday 29 December 1988. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 1988
Thursday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40155, longitude -1.75009, in the B93 postcode district and within the built-up area of Knowle and Dorridge.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19882000L1089
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 24 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 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
    55 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

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

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, 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 19882000L1089 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.