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B4025 crash in Solihull on 30 January 1998 at 17:55 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the B4025 in Solihull at 17:55 on Friday 30 January 1998. A 7-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Swift, the 36-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Swift and the 26-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jan 1998
Friday, 17:55
Vehicles
2
Renault Clio and Suzuki Swift
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41791, longitude -1.79676, in the B91 postcode district and within the built-up area of Solihull.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820L014901
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4025
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
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 6 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

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 199820L014901 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Solihull road accident statistics for 1998.