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A41 crash in Solihull on 14 October 2004 at 16:59 involving a Volkswagen Corrado

A Volkswagen Corrado and a Rover Mini were involved in a crash on the A41 in Solihull at 16:59 on Thursday 14 October 2004. The 43-year-old male driver of the Rover Mini was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Oct 2004
Thursday, 16:59
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Corrado and Rover Mini
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43749, longitude -1.8055, in the B92 postcode district and within the built-up area of Solihull. It is one of the crashes that make up the Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 7BA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200420L179201
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Corrado

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Mini)

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 200420L179201 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 2004.