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Serious A452 crash in Solihull on 21 December 2001 at 17:58 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A452 in Solihull at 17:58 on Friday 21 December 2001. All four casualties were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 2001
Friday, 17:58
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
4
4 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51036, longitude -1.78072, in the B36 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle Bromwich, Solihull, B36 9EG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200120L508301
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
452
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 31 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200120L508301 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 2001.