Serious A452 crash in Solihull on 16 September 2020 at 17:24 involving an Audi A1
An Audi A1, a Jaguar S Type and an Audi A6 were involved in a crash on the A452 in Solihull at 17:24 on Wednesday 16 September 2020. The 39-year-old female driver of the Audi A6 and a 22-year-old female passenger in the Audi A6 were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Sep 2020
- Wednesday, 17:24
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A1 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50855, longitude -1.78858, in the B36 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle Bromwich, Solihull, B36 9EG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Solihull
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020200986947
- Council area
- Solihull
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 452
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 2017.
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A452 in Solihull, 24 February 2017
45 m awayRef 2017200162952
Slight
Lorry crash on the M6 in Birmingham, 20 February 1985
47 m awayRef 19852000D0568
Slight
Car crash on the M6 in Birmingham, 29 September 1985
47 m awayRef 19852000D2587
Slight
Car crash on the M6 in Birmingham, 31 May 1980
47 m awayRef 19802000D1374
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A452 in Solihull, 2 July 2000
55 m awayRef 200020L065101
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the M6 in Solihull, 7 December 2015
71 m awayRef 2015200040433
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Jaguar S Type
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,720 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A6)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A6)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020200986947 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 2020.