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Serious A45 crash in Birmingham on 18 April 2000 at 09:30 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A45 in Birmingham at 09:30 on Tuesday 18 April 2000. A 40-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort was seriously injured and the 42-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 7-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Apr 2000
Tuesday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46316, longitude -1.83497, in the B25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020D121701
Council area
Birmingham
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
Crossroads
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 200020D121701 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Birmingham road accident statistics for 2000.