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A453 crash in Birmingham on 6 July 2002 at 18:45 involving a BMW 7 Series

A BMW 7 Series crashed on the A453 in Birmingham at 18:45 on Saturday 6 July 2002. The male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jul 2002
Saturday, 18:45
Vehicles
1
BMW 7 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52463, longitude -1.89694, in the B42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Perry Barr, Birmingham, B42 1SG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220F195303
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
453
Road type
Dual 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 7 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 7 Series)

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 200220F195303 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.