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A456 crash in Birmingham on 18 December 2003 at 19:15 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra and an MG ZR were involved in a crash on the A456 in Birmingham at 19:15 on Thursday 18 December 2003. The 29-year-old male driver of the MG ZR and a 32-year-old female passenger in the MG ZR were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 2003
Thursday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vectra and MG ZR
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47251, longitude -1.91885, in the B16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladywood, Birmingham, B15 1BF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320F504701
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
456
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
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 19 May 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: MG ZR

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG ZR)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG ZR)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200320F504701 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.