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A45 crash in Solihull on 16 December 2009 at 20:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A45 in Solihull at 20:30 on Wednesday 16 December 2009. The 43-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 2009
Wednesday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Renault Megane
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44593, longitude -1.71071, in the B92 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Meriden & Arden, Solihull, B40 1PS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200920L513701
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
45
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
42

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 slight injury crash on 20 March 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)

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 200920L513701 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 2009.