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Serious A34 crash in Solihull on 9 October 1999 at 00:15 involving a Saab 9000

A Saab 9000 and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A34 in Solihull at 00:15 on Saturday 9 October 1999. A 30-year-old male passenger in the Saab 9000 and the 34-year-old male driver of the Saab 9000 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Oct 1999
Saturday, 00:15
Vehicles
2
Saab 9000 and other vehicle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37974, longitude -1.78504, in the B94 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199920L101101
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
34
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
42

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 April 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 9000

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 9000)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 9000)

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 199920L101101 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.