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Fatal unclassified road crash in Birmingham B21 on 22 December 1998 at 14:20 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 14:20 on Tuesday 22 December 1998. A 54-year-old male 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
22 Dec 1998
Tuesday, 14:20
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 205
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50419, longitude -1.93293, in the B21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820F271801
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 54, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

    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 199820F271801 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.