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Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B14 on 31 December 1996 at 12:30 involving a Toyota Hiace van

Four vehicles, including a Toyota Hiace van and a car, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 12:30 on Tuesday 31 December 1996. The 31-year-old female driver of the Austin Maestro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1996
Tuesday, 12:30
Vehicles
4
Toyota Hiace and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41974, longitude -1.88527, in the B14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19962096E8043
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 May 1984.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hiace

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,446 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 4: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Maestro)

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 19962096E8043 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 1996.