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M42 crash in Solihull on 6 January 2002 at 16:05 involving a Lexus GS300

A Lexus GS300 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the M42 in Solihull at 16:05 on Sunday 6 January 2002. The 58-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 2002
Sunday, 16:05
Vehicles
2
Lexus GS300 and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44395, longitude -1.71116, in the B92 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Meriden & Arden, Solihull, B40 1PS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220Z900701
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
42
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
45

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lexus GS300

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 200220Z900701 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.