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Unclassified road crash in Solihull B40 on 2 September 2002 at 05:05 involving a BMW 7 Series

A BMW 7 Series and a Vauxhall Astra van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Solihull at 05:05 on Monday 2 September 2002. The male driver of the BMW 7 Series was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Sep 2002
Monday, 05:05
Vehicles
2
BMW 7 Series and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45433, longitude -1.72758, in the B40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Meriden & Arden, Solihull, B37 7GN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220L160301
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual 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, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 7 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    3,982 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 7 Series)

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 200220L160301 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.