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A4540 crash in Birmingham on 21 January 2002 at 01:05 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 01:05 on Monday 21 January 2002. The 27-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jan 2002
Monday, 01:05
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 306 and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47256, longitude -1.87542, in the B10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B10 0BW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220F036501
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4540
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
45

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    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 200220F036501 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.