A4400 crash in Birmingham on 13 January 2007 at 22:58 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class, a Ford Escort and a Fiat Brava were involved in a crash on the A4400 in Birmingham at 22:58 on Saturday 13 January 2007. The 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 19-year-old male driver of the Fiat Brava were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jan 2007
- Saturday, 22:58
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes E Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48481, longitude -1.90042, in the B3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown, Birmingham, B19 3SN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200720F017401
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4400
- 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2017.
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 6 August 2017
6 m awayRef 2017200221644
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 21 March 2004
14 m awayRef 200420F088701
Slight
Audi crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 21 December 2004
14 m awayRef 200420F322201
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 1 February 2011
14 m awayRef 201120W007431
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 5 October 1998
20 m awayRef 199820F206601
Slight
Volvo crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 20 February 2004
22 m awayRef 200420F049901
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Fiat Brava
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat Brava)
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 200720F017401 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.