A4540 crash in Birmingham on 14 April 2002 at 02:20 involving a Honda Prelude
A car and a Honda Prelude were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 02:20 on Sunday 14 April 2002. A 33-year-old male passenger in the Honda Prelude, a 49-year-old male passenger in the Honda Prelude and a 41-year-old male passenger in the Honda Prelude were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Apr 2002
- Sunday, 02:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Honda Prelude
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47106, longitude -1.91164, in the B15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladywood, Birmingham, B15 2BG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220F103702
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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 29 May 2008.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 29 May 2008
At the same spotRef 200820F104301
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 17 April 2005
At the same spotRef 200520F099901
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 2 July 2014
At the same spotRef 201420W049784
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 14 August 2000
At the same spotRef 200020F204601
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Nissan Note crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 4 November 2017
4 m awayRef 2017200239482
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 2 May 2021
5 m awayRef 2021201054801
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Prelude
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,958 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Prelude)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Prelude)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Prelude)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200220F103702 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.