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B4025 crash in Solihull on 6 December 1998 at 09:30 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro crashed on the B4025 in Solihull at 09:30 on Sunday 6 December 1998. The 84-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 1998
Sunday, 09:30
Vehicles
1
Rover Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43802, longitude -1.78284, in the B92 postcode district and within the built-up area of Solihull.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820L127701
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    84 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

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 199820L127701 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.