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A4540 crash in Birmingham on 10 August 2000 at 01:10 involving a Volvo V70

A Volvo V70 hit a pedestrian on the A4540 in Birmingham at 01:10 on Thursday 10 August 2000. An 18-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Aug 2000
Thursday, 01:10
Vehicles
1
Volvo V70
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47445, longitude -1.87468, in the B9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020D247703
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4540
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo V70

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,319 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo V70)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200020D247703 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.