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A38 crash in Birmingham on 21 October 1989 at 11:22 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A38 in Birmingham at 11:22 on Saturday 21 October 1989. The 44-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Oct 1989
Saturday, 11:22
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47369, longitude -1.89985, in the B1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19892000F0849
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
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
38

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 27 July 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 19892000F0849 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 1989.