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A4540 crash in Birmingham on 18 April 2000 at 18:05 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 18:05 on Tuesday 18 April 2000. The 27-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf, a 30-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf and an 11-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Apr 2000
Tuesday, 18:05
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49281, longitude -1.89908, in the B19 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
200020F102001
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
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
Raining, 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 14 December 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    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 200020F102001 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.