A45 crash in Birmingham on 6 March 2006 at 13:50 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Nissan Sunny were involved in a crash on the A45 in Birmingham at 13:50 on Monday 6 March 2006. The 49-year-old male driver of the Nissan Sunny and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Sunny were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Mar 2006
- Monday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Nissan Sunny
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46481, longitude -1.8594, in the B10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0EQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200620E053903
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 45
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- B
- Second road number
- 4145
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 January 2017.
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 1 January 2017
7 m awayRef 2017200148651
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 4 January 2021
8 m awayRef 2021201014165
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 1 May 2014
10 m awayRef 201420T024284
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 20 December 1998
10 m awayRef 199820D352101
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 20 August 1999
10 m awayRef 199920D234301
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 7 November 2003
10 m awayRef 200320D389203
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,151 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)
- 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 200620E053903 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 2006.