A34 crash in Solihull on 4 March 2008 at 08:59 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A34 in Solihull at 08:59 on Tuesday 4 March 2008. A 74-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Peugeot 206 was 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
- 4 Mar 2008
- Tuesday, 08:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40273, longitude -1.82211, in the B90 postcode district and within the built-up area of Solihull. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shirley South, Solihull, B90 4LD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820L042901
- Council area
- Solihull
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 December 2004.
Serious
Peugeot 406 crash on the A34 in Solihull, 24 December 2004
At the same spotRef 200420L235001
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A34 in Solihull, 1 May 2000
At the same spotRef 200020L041801
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A34 in Solihull, 12 August 2004
At the same spotRef 200420L140801
Slight
MG TF crash on the A34 in Solihull, 13 May 2010
At the same spotRef 201020L006130
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A34 in Solihull, 23 July 2001
10 m awayRef 200120L194101
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A34 in Solihull, 9 March 2003
10 m awayRef 200320L051801
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 74, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 200820L042901 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 2008.