Serious A452 crash in Solihull on 3 July 2015 at 08:23 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and an Aprilia Tuono motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A452 in Solihull at 08:23 on Friday 3 July 2015. The 37-year-old male rider of the Aprilia Tuono motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Jul 2015
- Friday, 08:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Aprilia Tuono
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47845, longitude -1.72625, in the B37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chelmsley Wood, Solihull, B37 7JJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Solihull
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201520L004745
- Council area
- Solihull
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 452
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2019.
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the A452 in Solihull, 8 November 2019
6 m awayRef 2019200907352
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A452 in Solihull, 7 November 2023
7 m awayRef 2023201418977
Fatal
Ford Focus crash on the A452 in Solihull, 6 November 2018
9 m awayRef 2018200353416
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A452 in Solihull, 16 October 2025
9 m awayRef 2025201655100
Slight
BMW 2 Series crash on the A452 in Solihull, 11 October 2025
18 m awayRef 2025201659112
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A452 in Solihull, 28 December 2018
22 m awayRef 2018200808086
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Aprilia Tuono
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia Tuono)
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 201520L004745 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.