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Serious B4147 crash in Birmingham on 19 May 1991 at 22:00 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Honda CBR1000F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4147 in Birmingham at 22:00 on Sunday 19 May 1991. The 22-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR1000F motorcycle and an 18-year-old female passenger on the Honda CBR1000F motorcycle were seriously 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
Serious
Date
19 May 1991
Sunday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Honda CBR1000F
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49336, longitude -1.80849, in the B34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19912091E0844
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4147
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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 serious injury crash on 18 September 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CBR1000F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR1000F)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR1000F)

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 19912091E0844 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 1991.