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Serious A47 crash in Solihull on 17 May 1989 at 22:15 involving a car

Two cars and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A47 in Solihull at 22:15 on Wednesday 17 May 1989. A 26-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
17 May 1989
Wednesday, 22:15
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50231, longitude -1.78782, in the B34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19892000L0526
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    2,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 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
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 19892000L0526 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 1989.