A4540 crash in Birmingham on 15 August 2003 at 13:50 involving a Peugeot 405
A Peugeot 405 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 13:50 on Friday 15 August 2003. The 76-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was 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
- 15 Aug 2003
- Friday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 405 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49217, longitude -1.89304, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320F219401
- 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
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 2021.
Slight
Volkswagen Bora crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 31 January 2021
9 m awayRef 2021201040401
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 28 January 2019
9 m awayRef 2019200818351
Serious
Honda NT650V Deauville crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 19 April 2005
10 m awayRef 200520F110803
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 24 August 2004
10 m awayRef 200420F210901
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 27 May 2003
10 m awayRef 200320F142401
Slight
Smart City crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 6 June 2015
10 m awayRef 201520W033775
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 200320F219401 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.