A38 crash in Birmingham on 31 December 2005 at 20:20 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Toyota Previa were involved in a crash on the A38 in Birmingham at 20:20 on Saturday 31 December 2005. The 30-year-old male driver of the Toyota Previa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2005
- Saturday, 20:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Toyota Previa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44087, longitude -1.93847, in the B29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bournbrook & Selly Park, Birmingham, B29 6DP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200520E508101
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4040
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 August 2009.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 15 August 2009
At the same spotRef 200920E102601
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 21 October 2002
At the same spotRef 200220E212701
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 17 February 2012
At the same spotRef 201220S008862
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 27 January 2001
At the same spotRef 200120E068701
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 27 April 2007
At the same spotRef 200720E066101
Slight
Mercedes AMG Class crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 26 July 2025
3 m awayRef 2025201621229
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Previa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,438 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Previa)
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 200520E508101 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.