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M6 crash in Birmingham on 28 March 1997 at 19:02 involving a Vauxhall Combo van

A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Combo van were involved in a crash on the M6 in Birmingham at 19:02 on Friday 28 March 1997. The 36-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Combo van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Mar 1997
Friday, 19:02
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Vauxhall Combo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54742, longitude -1.92033, in the B43 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19972097D9147
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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 26 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Combo

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Lane or location
    Entering lay-by or hard shoulder
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Combo)

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 19972097D9147 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 1997.