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A45 crash in Birmingham on 31 August 2002 at 23:03 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on the A45 in Birmingham at 23:03 on Saturday 31 August 2002. The 29-year-old female driver of the Rover 400 Series and a male passenger in the Rover 400 Series were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Aug 2002
Saturday, 23:03
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Rover 400 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45762, longitude -1.79702, in the B26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lyndon, Solihull, B92 7QB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220D354603
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
45
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)

    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 200220D354603 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.