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Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B8 on 24 May 2000 at 04:01 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 04:01 on Wednesday 24 May 2000. A 22-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and a 22-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 May 2000
Wednesday, 04:01
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Toyota Corolla
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48662, longitude -1.83326, in the B8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020D158501
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,295 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200020D158501 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.