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Serious A41 crash in Solihull on 14 September 1998 at 00:43 involving a Rover 800 Series

A Rover 800 Series and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A41 in Solihull at 00:43 on Monday 14 September 1998. The 32-year-old male driver of the Rover 800 Series was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Sep 1998
Monday, 00:43
Vehicles
2
Rover 800 Series and lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44167, longitude -1.81092, in the B92 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820L092301
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Single 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, 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 25 January 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 800 Series)

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 199820L092301 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.