Serious A452 crash in Birmingham on 12 February 2003 at 08:19 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane hit a pedestrian on the A452 in Birmingham at 08:19 on Wednesday 12 February 2003. A 28-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Feb 2003
- Wednesday, 08:19
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55292, longitude -1.86502, in the B73 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Sutton Coldfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton Vesey, Birmingham, B73 6RN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320D062302
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 452
- 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, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2004.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A452 in Birmingham, 6 September 2004
42 m awayRef 200420D298302
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Velar crash on the A452 in Birmingham, 27 May 2025
50 m awayRef 2025201595600
Slight
Car crash on the A452 in Birmingham, 9 January 1981
54 m awayRef 19812000D0080
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A452 in Birmingham, 22 April 2016
65 m awayRef 2016200071474
Slight
Daewoo Kalos crash on the A452 in Birmingham, 15 July 2019
70 m awayRef 2019200868585
Slight
Fiat Stilo crash on the A452 in Birmingham, 5 March 2005
78 m awayRef 200520D083602
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 200320D062302 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 2003.