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Fatal unclassified road crash in Birmingham B33 on 14 December 1998 at 08:04 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 08:04 on Monday 14 December 1998. A 69-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
14 Dec 1998
Monday, 08:04
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46776, longitude -1.76974, in the B33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820D343401
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 69, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    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 199820D343401 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 1998.