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Serious A38 crash in Birmingham on 26 July 1997 at 00:26 involving a Hyundai X2

A Hyundai X2 crashed on the A38 in Birmingham at 00:26 on Saturday 26 July 1997. The 23-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jul 1997
Saturday, 00:26
Vehicles
1
Hyundai X2
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45123, longitude -1.91608, in the B5 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
19972097E1726
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
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 12 February 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai X2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai X2)

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 19972097E1726 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.