A454 crash in Birmingham on 15 June 2005 at 14:45 involving a Volkswagen Lupo
A Volkswagen Lupo and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A454 in Birmingham at 14:45 on Wednesday 15 June 2005. The 84-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Lupo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 2005
- Wednesday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Lupo and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57912, longitude -1.82966, in the B74 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Sutton Coldfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton Mere Green, Birmingham, B74 2UG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200520D194802
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 454
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- 5127
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 May 2000.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A454 in Birmingham, 31 May 2000
14 m awayRef 200020D169002
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 15 October 2009
20 m awayRef 200920D274302
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A454 in Birmingham, 6 October 2014
22 m awayRef 201420W056984
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A454 in Birmingham, 27 April 2018
24 m awayRef 2018200313198
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 28 August 2021
24 m awayRef 2021201084341
Serious
Tesla Model Y crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 10 August 2024
28 m awayRef 2024201484619
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Lupo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Lupo)
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 200520D194802 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 2005.