A435 crash in Birmingham on 7 October 2003 at 17:50 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A435 in Birmingham at 17:50 on Tuesday 7 October 2003. A female passenger in the Ford Mondeo and a female passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Oct 2003
- Tuesday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46331, longitude -1.88619, in the B12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B5 7HY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320F267501
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 435
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4540
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 2025.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 2 September 2025
5 m awayRef 2025201637767
Slight
Porsche Cayenne crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 21 August 2007
10 m awayRef 200720E118403
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A435 in Birmingham, 12 April 2001
10 m awayRef 200120E121003
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A435 in Birmingham, 22 August 2014
10 m awayRef 201420W044894
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A435 in Birmingham, 8 December 2013
10 m awayRef 201320T063843
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 16 November 2011
10 m awayRef 201120T059141
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 200320F267501 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.