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A34 crash in Birmingham on 24 August 2004 at 22:00 involving a Rover 75

A Rover 75 and an MG ZR were involved in a crash on the A34 in Birmingham at 22:00 on Tuesday 24 August 2004. The 32-year-old male driver of the MG ZR was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Aug 2004
Tuesday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Rover 75 and MG ZR
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42838, longitude -1.8426, in the B28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hall Green North, Birmingham, B28 9ES area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200420E147402
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
34
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 75

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: MG ZR

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

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

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 200420E147402 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 2004.