Serious A3400 crash in Solihull on 17 March 2013 at 18:14 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3400 in Solihull at 18:14 on Sunday 17 March 2013. The 52-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 44-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Mar 2013
- Sunday, 18:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 207 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35797, longitude -1.77956, in the B94 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hockley Heath.
Map of where the crash happened in Solihull
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201320L001693
- Council area
- Solihull
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3400
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 1998.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A34 in Solihull, 11 December 1998
10 m awayRef 199820L130701
Serious
Car crash on the A34 in Solihull, 15 March 1980
51 m awayRef 19802000L0340
Slight
Car crash on the A34 in Solihull, 17 May 1983
51 m awayRef 19832000L0751
Serious
Van crash on the A34 in Solihull, 11 December 1985
51 m awayRef 19852000L2090
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A34 in Solihull, 15 July 1994
51 m awayRef 19942094L0612
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A34 in Solihull, 1 November 1998
82 m awayRef 199820L111601
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 885 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 52, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 44, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 201320L001693 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 2013.