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A34 crash in Solihull on 8 November 1998 at 20:35 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A34 in Solihull at 20:35 on Sunday 8 November 1998. An 11-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort, a 7-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 1998
Sunday, 20:35
Vehicles
2
Renault Clio and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40654, longitude -1.824, in the B90 postcode district and within the built-up area of Solihull.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820L116301
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
34
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199820L116301 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.