A4040 crash in Birmingham on 8 April 2002 at 13:45 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a Volvo S40 were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 13:45 on Monday 8 April 2002. The 54-year-old female driver of the Volvo S40 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Apr 2002
- Monday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and Volvo S40
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49356, longitude -1.93958, in the B18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Soho & Victoria, Sandwell, B66 2LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220F116202
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4040
- Road type
- Single 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 1995.
Slight
MCW crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 3 November 1995
10 m awayRef 19952095F2263
Serious
Car crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 8 December 1985
10 m awayRef 19852000C2704
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 5 May 2002
10 m awayRef 200220F140702
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 24 January 2002
32 m awayRef 200220F035102
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 22 October 2004
32 m awayRef 200420F290002
Slight
Car crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 11 May 2005
32 m awayRef 200520F116902
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo S40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,588 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo S40)
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 200220F116202 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.