A435 crash in Birmingham on 8 January 1998 at 17:35 involving a Rover 100 Series
A Rover 100 Series, a Nissan Micra and a car were involved in a crash on the A435 in Birmingham at 17:35 on Thursday 8 January 1998. The 25-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jan 1998
- Thursday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover 100 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4637, longitude -1.88648, in the B12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199820E009001
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 435
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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Slight
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Serious
Honda crash on the A435 in Birmingham, 27 February 1993
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Serious
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover 100 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Female
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
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 199820E009001 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.