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A45 crash in Solihull on 23 July 1998 at 21:00 involving a Toyota Camry

A Toyota Camry and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on the A45 in Solihull at 21:00 on Thursday 23 July 1998. The 37-year-old male driver of the Toyota Camry was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jul 1998
Thursday, 21:00
Vehicles
2
Toyota Camry and Rover 400 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44704, longitude -1.75307, in the B26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820L075101
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
45
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 22 September 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Camry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Camry)

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 199820L075101 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.