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Serious B4438 crash in Solihull on 17 April 2010 at 19:25 involving a Land Rover Discovery

Two Land Rover Discoverys were involved in a crash on the B4438 in Solihull at 19:25 on Saturday 17 April 2010. A 35-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Apr 2010
Saturday, 19:25
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Discovery and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46268, longitude -1.72296, in the B37 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Meriden & Arden, Solihull, B37 7GN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201020L005270
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4438
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 May 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    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
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    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 201020L005270 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 2010.