A45 crash in Solihull on 13 June 2018 at 13:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Lexus IS220 were involved in a crash on the A45 in Solihull at 13:00 on Wednesday 13 June 2018. The 45-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 37-year-old male driver of the Lexus IS220 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jun 2018
- Wednesday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Lexus IS220
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44706, longitude -1.75314, 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
- 2018200308977
- Council area
- Solihull
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 45
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 2024.
Slight
Volvo XC60 crash on the A45 in Solihull, 4 January 2024
4 m awayRef 2024201419671
Slight
Toyota Camry crash on the A45 in Solihull, 23 July 1998
5 m awayRef 199820L075101
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A45 in Solihull, 5 April 2015
5 m awayRef 201520L002305
Serious
Fiat Scudo crash on the A45 in Solihull, 25 March 2017
5 m awayRef 2017200171760
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A45 in Solihull, 27 February 2001
5 m awayRef 200120L098701
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the B4105 in Solihull, 22 September 2024
5 m awayRef 2024201494553
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Lexus IS220
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lexus IS220)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 2018200308977 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 2018.