A4540 crash in Birmingham on 10 March 2003 at 15:30 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 15:30 on Monday 10 March 2003. The 46-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Mar 2003
- Monday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49199, longitude -1.88921, in the B6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown, Birmingham, B19 3SN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320F068801
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4540
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 38
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2013.
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 11 June 2013
At the same spotRef 201320W032913
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 19 October 2019
3 m awayRef 2019200907314
Serious
Seat Leon crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 24 March 2022
8 m awayRef 2022201306454
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 4 December 2025
9 m awayRef 2025201678415
Slight
Mazda RX8 crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 8 January 2012
10 m awayRef 201220W003862
Serious
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 9 October 2001
10 m awayRef 200120F328601
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,724 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
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 200320F068801 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.