A4040 crash in Birmingham on 25 July 2001 at 13:34 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 13:34 on Wednesday 25 July 2001. A 37-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jul 2001
- Wednesday, 13:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 200 Series and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51476, longitude -1.83596, in the B24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pype Hayes, Birmingham, B24 9SR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200120D305301
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4040
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 2018.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 21 July 2018
22 m awayRef 2018200323543
Slight
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 24 January 2007
22 m awayRef 200720D031001
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 11 July 2007
22 m awayRef 200720D194301
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 19 September 2025
30 m awayRef 2025201643941
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 28 November 2022
34 m awayRef 2022201276406
Slight
Car crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 2 December 1982
36 m awayRef 19822000D3372
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200120D305301 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 2001.