Serious A4023 crash in Solihull on 7 April 2002 at 18:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and two bicycles were involved in a crash on the A4023 in Solihull at 18:20 on Sunday 7 April 2002. The 51-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured and the 45-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Apr 2002
- Sunday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38599, longitude -1.71962, 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
- 200220L067001
- 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
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 2025.
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the B4101 in Solihull, 17 August 2025
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Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Solihull, 18 July 1980
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Serious
Peugeot 309 crash on the A4023 in Solihull, 29 March 2001
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Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A4023 in Solihull, 10 March 1998
50 m awayRef 199820L025501
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4023 in Solihull, 14 December 2004
50 m awayRef 200420L228001
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the A4023 in Solihull, 8 November 1998
78 m awayRef 199820L116101
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 51, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 45, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
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 200220L067001 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.