Serious A41 crash in Birmingham on 16 March 2002 at 19:10 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra hit a pedestrian on the A41 in Birmingham at 19:10 on Saturday 16 March 2002. A 37-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Mar 2002
- Saturday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47644, longitude -1.89146, in the B5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladywood, Birmingham, B2 4DH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220F081501
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- 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 200220F081501 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.