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Serious A4177 crash in Solihull on 15 December 2000 at 08:45 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A4177 in Solihull at 08:45 on Friday 15 December 2000. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 2000
Friday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35937, longitude -1.65195, in the CV8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020L130701
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4177
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 200020L130701 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 2000.