A4040 crash in Birmingham on 6 June 2002 at 18:03 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series, a Ford Mondeo and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 18:03 on Thursday 6 June 2002. The 32-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series 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
- 6 Jun 2002
- Thursday, 18:03
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5135, longitude -1.83522, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220D200401
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 2022.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 27 January 2022
4 m awayRef 2022201216680
Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 4 November 2020
7 m awayRef 2020201003141
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 18 August 2002
14 m awayRef 200220D284101
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 14 February 1998
20 m awayRef 199820D052301
Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 23 January 2015
28 m awayRef 201520N006195
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 20 June 2011
30 m awayRef 201120N032181
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,895 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Granada
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
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 200220D200401 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.