A34 crash in Birmingham on 20 July 2005 at 12:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A vehicle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A34 in Birmingham at 12:30 on Wednesday 20 July 2005. The 43-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jul 2005
- Wednesday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Other vehicle and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53418, longitude -1.91785, in the B42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Perry Barr, Birmingham, B42 1LN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200520F187003
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- 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
- 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 2009.
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 10 December 2009
20 m awayRef 200920F230603
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 6 April 2024
33 m awayRef 2024201428783
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 17 February 2004
36 m awayRef 200420F059603
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 17 March 2018
56 m awayRef 2018200283121
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 5 June 2004
57 m awayRef 200420F171103
Slight
Hyundai Ioniq crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 16 March 2025
58 m awayRef 2025201566241
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 200520F187003 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.