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A457 crash in Birmingham on 3 December 2004 at 09:00 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and a Citroen ZX were involved in a crash on the A457 in Birmingham at 09:00 on Friday 3 December 2004. The 30-year-old male driver of the Citroen ZX and a 28-year-old male passenger in the Citroen ZX were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 2004
Friday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and Citroen ZX
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48681, longitude -1.92957, in the B18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladywood, Birmingham, B16 0DN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200420F515302
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
457
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

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 May 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

    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 200420F515302 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.