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A47 crash in Solihull on 14 January 2003 at 10:02 involving a Daewoo Espero

A Daewoo Espero and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on the A47 in Solihull at 10:02 on Tuesday 14 January 2003. The 73-year-old male driver of the Daewoo Espero was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jan 2003
Tuesday, 10:02
Vehicles
2
Daewoo Espero and Leyland
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50198, longitude -1.77148, in the B36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shard End, Birmingham, B34 7JG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320L014901
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Daewoo Espero

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daewoo Espero)

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 200320L014901 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 2003.