A4040 crash in Birmingham on 10 November 2007 at 21:45 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 21:45 on Saturday 10 November 2007. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Nov 2007
- Saturday, 21:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51411, longitude -1.89343, in the B20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aston, Birmingham, B20 3DP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200720D302701
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4040
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 28 August 2009.
Fatal
Mercedes CLK Class crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 28 August 2009
At the same spotRef 200920D208001
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 9 January 2000
At the same spotRef 200020D016201
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 14 August 2000
At the same spotRef 200020D240501
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 22 February 2004
At the same spotRef 200420D070001
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 22 March 2006
At the same spotRef 200620D085401
Slight
Toyota Estima crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 27 December 2024
6 m awayRef 2024201535619
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 200720D302701 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 2007.