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Serious A4023 crash in Solihull on 23 March 2002 at 18:43 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro hit a pedestrian on the A4023 in Solihull at 18:43 on Saturday 23 March 2002. An 87-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Mar 2002
Saturday, 18:43
Vehicles
1
Rover Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37616, longitude -1.7498, in the B93 postcode district and within the built-up area of Knowle and Dorridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dorridge & Hockley Heath, Solihull, B93 8DN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220L057301
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4023
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 31 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 87, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 200220L057301 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 2002.