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A452 crash in Solihull on 11 October 1998 at 14:15 involving a Mazda 626

A Mazda 626 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A452 in Solihull at 14:15 on Sunday 11 October 1998. The 58-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Oct 1998
Sunday, 14:15
Vehicles
2
Mazda 626 and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44626, longitude -1.68716, in the CV7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820L103001
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
452
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
45

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 21 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,991 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 199820L103001 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.