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Unclassified road crash in Solihull B37 on 8 December 2015 at 00:04 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A Vauxhall Zafira and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Solihull at 00:04 on Tuesday 8 December 2015. The 25-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 2015
Tuesday, 00:04
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49102, longitude -1.7468, in the B37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingshurst & Smith's Wood, Solihull, B36 0PN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015200036174
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 48 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2015200036174 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 2015.