Serious A45 crash in Birmingham on 24 March 2002 at 21:18 involving a Peugeot 406
A Peugeot 406 hit a pedestrian on the A45 in Birmingham at 21:18 on Sunday 24 March 2002. A 30-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Mar 2002
- Sunday, 21:18
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot 406
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45464, longitude -1.79174, in the B26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sheldon, Birmingham, B26 3HS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220D106803
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 45
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 2011.
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 24 December 2011
10 m awayRef 201120T500781
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 30 March 2003
10 m awayRef 200320D118803
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 1 July 2000
10 m awayRef 200020D203503
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 1 December 2005
14 m awayRef 200520D359303
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 26 August 2009
20 m awayRef 200920D210103
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX1 crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 22 August 2007
32 m awayRef 200720D233503
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 200220D106803 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 2002.