A4040 crash in Birmingham on 27 May 2003 at 17:17 involving a Ford Focus
Four vehicles, including a Ford Focus and a Peugeot 206, were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 17:17 on Tuesday 27 May 2003. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 May 2003
- Tuesday, 17:17
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Focus and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52075, longitude -1.87749, in the B6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Perry Barr, Birmingham, B6 7AQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320D201402
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2019.
Slight
Car crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 8 November 2019
4 m awayRef 2019200913090
Serious
MCW crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 6 March 2001
14 m awayRef 200120D130801
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 13 June 2015
14 m awayRef 201520W035765
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 3 January 2001
14 m awayRef 200120D064101
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 23 October 2000
14 m awayRef 200020D328201
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 24 November 2022
20 m awayRef 2022201250180
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 4: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,493 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Orion)
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 200320D201402 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.