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A45 crash in Solihull on 26 August 2016 at 13:55 involving a Seat Leon

A Seat Leon and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A45 in Solihull at 13:55 on Friday 26 August 2016. The 28-year-old female driver of the Seat Leon and a 30-year-old male passenger in the Seat Leon were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Aug 2016
Friday, 13:55
Vehicles
2
Seat Leon and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44736, longitude -1.75396, in the B26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Elmdon, Solihull, B92 9DF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016200102495
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
45
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Leon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)

    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 2016200102495 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.