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Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B73 on 30 December 2000 at 16:35 involving a Suzuki Vitara

A Suzuki Vitara and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 16:35 on Saturday 30 December 2000. The 33-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 2000
Saturday, 16:35
Vehicles
2
Suzuki Vitara and Renault Megane
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54568, longitude -1.82965, in the B73 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Sutton Coldfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020D423202
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)

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 200020D423202 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.