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Serious A41 crash in Solihull on 21 April 1999 at 06:40 involving a Mercedes SLK Class

A Mercedes SLK Class and a Mercedes 200 were involved in a crash on the A41 in Solihull at 06:40 on Wednesday 21 April 1999. The 44-year-old female driver of the Mercedes SLK Class was seriously injured and the 38-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 200 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Apr 1999
Wednesday, 06:40
Vehicles
2
Mercedes SLK Class and Mercedes 200
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.36474, longitude -1.70757, in the B93 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199920L041901
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 July 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes SLK Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes SLK Class)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 200)

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 199920L041901 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 1999.