A34 crash in Solihull on 23 December 2022 at 19:40 involving a Citroen DS3
A Citroen DS3, a car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A34 in Solihull at 19:40 on Friday 23 December 2022. The male driver of the Citroen DS3 and a 26-year-old male passenger in the Citroen DS3 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2022
- Friday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen DS3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40763, longitude -1.82476, in the B90 postcode district and within the built-up area of Solihull. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shirley West, Solihull, B90 3AE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022201285211
- Council area
- Solihull
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 April 2016.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A34 in Solihull, 9 April 2016
2 m awayRef 2016200060445
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A34 in Solihull, 18 July 2005
2 m awayRef 200520L121801
Slight
Car crash on the A34 in Solihull, 8 September 2009
2 m awayRef 200920L120701
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A34 in Solihull, 21 February 2009
2 m awayRef 200920L033601
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A34 in Solihull, 6 January 2012
2 m awayRef 201220L001442
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A34 in Solihull, 3 July 2015
2 m awayRef 201520L004875
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen DS3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen DS3)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen DS3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2022201285211 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 2022.