A4540 crash in Birmingham on 26 June 2005 at 16:38 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series, a car and a Rover 600 Series were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 16:38 on Sunday 26 June 2005. A 12-year-old female passenger in the Rover 600 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jun 2005
- Sunday, 16:38
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46277, longitude -1.88663, in the B12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East, Birmingham, B12 8UH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200520F152501
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4540
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- 435
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 2016.
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the A435 in Birmingham, 20 April 2016
2 m awayRef 2016200067510
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 25 October 2015
4 m awayRef 2015200040600
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A435 in Birmingham, 2 July 2024
8 m awayRef 2024201482871
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A435 in Birmingham, 17 February 2008
10 m awayRef 200820E033503
Slight
Seat Arosa crash on the A435 in Birmingham, 1 July 2005
10 m awayRef 200520E115803
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A435 in Birmingham, 27 September 2014
10 m awayRef 201420T056584
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 600 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,850 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 600 Series)
- 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 200520F152501 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.