Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious A456 crash in Birmingham on 18 February 2000 at 22:10 involving a Skoda Favorit

A Skoda Favorit hit a pedestrian on the A456 in Birmingham at 22:10 on Friday 18 February 2000. A 31-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Feb 2000
Friday, 22:10
Vehicles
1
Skoda Favorit
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45141, longitude -2.00791, in the B32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020F051601
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
456
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 63 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Favorit

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda Favorit)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 200020F051601 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.