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Unclassified road crash in Solihull B92 on 17 February 2012 at 05:19 involving a Mercedes E Class

A Mercedes E Class and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Solihull at 05:19 on Friday 17 February 2012. The 47-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Feb 2012
Friday, 05:19
Vehicles
2
Mercedes E Class and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44872, longitude -1.79853, in the B92 postcode district and within the built-up area of Solihull. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lyndon, Solihull, B92 7QB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201220L501142
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
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 slight injury crash on 7 February 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,987 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,229 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 201220L501142 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 2012.