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Serious unclassified road crash in Birmingham B29 on 2 April 1990 at 00:20 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier taxi

A Vauxhall Cavalier taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 00:20 on Monday 2 April 1990. A 27-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Apr 1990
Monday, 00:20
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44227, longitude -1.97642, in the B29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19902000C0518
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 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 21 August 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 19902000C0518 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 1990.