Fatal A4400 crash in Birmingham on 3 March 2003 at 17:52 involving a Peugeot 205
A Peugeot 205 hit a pedestrian on the A4400 in Birmingham at 17:52 on Monday 3 March 2003. An 82-year-old male pedestrian was killed.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 3 Mar 2003
- Monday, 17:52
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot 205
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48229, longitude -1.90352, in the B3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladywood, Birmingham, B2 4DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320F058401
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4400
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 January 2004.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 26 January 2004
At the same spotRef 200420F027001
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 26 August 2010
At the same spotRef 201020W033170
Serious
Dennis crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 2 October 2003
At the same spotRef 200320F259501
Slight
Kawasaki EX500 crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 1 October 2001
At the same spotRef 200120F347801
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 3 February 2025
7 m awayRef 2025201553315
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 30 March 2022
9 m awayRef 2022201181171
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalMale, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from offside, 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 200320F058401 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.