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A4540 crash in Birmingham on 15 December 2004 at 02:29 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 02:29 on Wednesday 15 December 2004. A 20-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Carina and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Carina were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 2004
Wednesday, 02:29
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Toyota Carina
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47251, longitude -1.91723, in the B15 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
200420F317301
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4540
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,975 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

    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 200420F317301 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.