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Serious unclassified road crash in Birmingham B29 on 5 November 2000 at 19:50 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro crashed on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 19:50 on Sunday 5 November 2000. The 16-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Nov 2000
Sunday, 19:50
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43019, longitude -1.97541, in the B29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020E272901
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 200020E272901 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 2000.