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A41 crash in Solihull on 21 June 1989 at 00:08 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A41 in Solihull at 00:08 on Wednesday 21 June 1989. A 36-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jun 1989
Wednesday, 00:08
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41596, longitude -1.76177, in the B91 postcode district and within the built-up area of Solihull.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19892000L0658
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
4102

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 20 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    11,630 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 19892000L0658 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.