B425 crash in Solihull on 8 December 2016 at 14:49 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia and a Peugeot 308 were involved in a crash on the B425 in Solihull at 14:49 on Thursday 8 December 2016. A 73-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 308 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Dec 2016
- Thursday, 14:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Insignia and Peugeot 308
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41608, longitude -1.78048, in the B91 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, B91 3AJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Solihull
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200141440
- Council area
- Solihull
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 425
- 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
- Daylight
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 2023.
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the B425 in Solihull, 14 January 2023
8 m awayRef 2023201287462
Slight
Car crash on the B690 in Solihull, 1 April 1987
31 m awayRef 19872000L0273
Slight
Dennis crash on the B690 in Solihull, 1 March 1991
31 m awayRef 19912091L0199
Slight
Car crash on the B690 in Solihull, 27 September 1984
31 m awayRef 19842000L1642
Slight
Car crash on the B690 in Solihull, 17 June 1981
31 m awayRef 19812000L0836
Serious
Car crash on the B690 in Solihull, 21 September 1984
31 m awayRef 19842000L1618
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 308)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2016200141440 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.