Unclassified road crash in Solihull B93 on 17 January 2019 at 16:43 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Ford Ecosport were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Solihull at 16:43 on Thursday 17 January 2019. The 59-year-old female driver of the Ford Ecosport was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 2019
- Thursday, 16:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Ford Ecosport
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39756, longitude -1.72511, in the B93 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Solihull
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019200815334
- Council area
- Solihull
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
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, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 June 2011.
Serious
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Solihull, 22 June 2011
13 m awayRef 201120L004661
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Solihull, 29 September 2003
13 m awayRef 200320L187801
Fatal
Volvo 850 crash on an unclassified road in Solihull, 22 August 1998
21 m awayRef 199820L083001
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Solihull, 4 February 2004
27 m awayRef 200420L029701
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Solihull, 8 October 1995
61 m awayRef 19952095L1361
Fatal
Car crash on an unclassified road in Solihull, 27 November 1981
61 m awayRef 19812000L1700
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Ecosport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Ecosport)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019200815334 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 2019.