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A45 crash in Solihull on 19 November 1998 at 21:00 involving a Land Rover Range Rover

A Land Rover Range Rover and a car were involved in a crash on the A45 in Solihull at 21:00 on Thursday 19 November 1998. The 24-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Nov 1998
Thursday, 21:00
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Range Rover and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44524, longitude -1.71203, in the B40 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199820L139901
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
45
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
60 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    3,950 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 199820L139901 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.