A4540 crash in Birmingham on 17 November 2000 at 10:10 involving a Ford Transit van
A car, a Ford Transit van and a Honda Prelude were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 10:10 on Friday 17 November 2000. The 53-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Nov 2000
- Friday, 10:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49209, longitude -1.89422, in the B6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200020F289501
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 2022.
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 8 July 2022
19 m awayRef 2022201221293
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 24 June 2022
37 m awayRef 2022201218721
Slight
Rover Mini crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 3 June 2002
41 m awayRef 200220F165003
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 29 July 2006
45 m awayRef 200620F168903
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 12 October 2024
50 m awayRef 2024201502760
Slight
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 14 December 1989
54 m awayRef 19892000D2222
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Honda Prelude
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 200020F289501 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.