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Unclassified road crash in Solihull B90 on 30 October 2007 at 12:10 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus crashed on an unclassified road in Solihull at 12:10 on Tuesday 30 October 2007. A 71-year-old male passenger and a 52-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Oct 2007
Tuesday, 12:10
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40592, longitude -1.85929, 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 1BB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200720L178201
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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 11 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 200720L178201 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 2007.