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Fatal unclassified road crash in Solihull B26 on 27 December 1989 at 00:55 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Solihull at 00:55 on Wednesday 27 December 1989. A 15-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was killed and the 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Dec 1989
Wednesday, 00:55
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45185, longitude -1.72921, in the B26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19892000L1369
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 March 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, 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 19892000L1369 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.