A34 crash in Solihull on 12 October 2005 at 18:10 involving a Renault Kangoo
A Renault Kangoo and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A34 in Solihull at 18:10 on Wednesday 12 October 2005. The 36-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Oct 2005
- Wednesday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Kangoo and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40893, longitude -1.82547, in the B90 postcode district and within the built-up area of Solihull. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shirley West, Solihull, B90 3AE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Solihull
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200520L176601
- Council area
- Solihull
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 September 2001.
Slight
Ford crash on the A34 in Solihull, 7 September 2001
At the same spotRef 200120L222301
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A34 in Solihull, 3 August 2000
At the same spotRef 200020L074901
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A34 in Solihull, 2 September 2024
2 m awayRef 2024201488646
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A34 in Solihull, 30 April 2019
10 m awayRef 2019200839930
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A34 in Solihull, 18 December 2007
10 m awayRef 200720L211601
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A34 in Solihull, 26 November 2005
10 m awayRef 200520L210201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Kangoo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200520L176601 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 2005.