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A34 crash in Solihull on 26 May 2016 at 23:30 involving a Skoda Octavia

A Skoda Octavia crashed on the A34 in Solihull at 23:30 on Thursday 26 May 2016. A 64-year-old male passenger and a 64-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 May 2016
Thursday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Skoda Octavia
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38889, longitude -1.80382, in the B90 postcode district and within the built-up area of Solihull. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Alphege with Monkspath & Hillfield, Solihull, B90 4UA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016200076728
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
34
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 December 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

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 2016200076728 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 2016.