A41 crash in Solihull on 23 June 2006 at 23:25 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A41 in Solihull at 23:25 on Friday 23 June 2006. A 9-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus, a 5-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus and a 2-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jun 2006
- Friday, 23:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Saxo and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41709, longitude -1.76192, in the B91 postcode district and within the built-up area of Solihull. It is one of the crashes that make up the Silhill, Solihull, B91 2NS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200620L102901
- Council area
- Solihull
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4102
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 August 2013.
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A41 in Solihull, 20 August 2013
At the same spotRef 201320L005773
Serious
Citroen Xantia crash on the A41 in Solihull, 21 April 2000
At the same spotRef 200020L038201
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A41 in Solihull, 20 November 2002
At the same spotRef 200220L221001
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A41 in Solihull, 7 February 1999
At the same spotRef 199920L015901
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A41 in Solihull, 11 January 1998
At the same spotRef 199820L005301
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A41 in Solihull, 8 February 1999
At the same spotRef 199920L016901
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 200620L102901 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 2006.