A4400 crash in Birmingham on 5 March 2007 at 18:35 involving a Mercedes A Class
A van and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the A4400 in Birmingham at 18:35 on Monday 5 March 2007. The 31-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Mar 2007
- Monday, 18:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48391, longitude -1.9016, in the B3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladywood, Birmingham, B2 4DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200720F068501
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Other junction
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2001.
Slight
Mazda 626 crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 15 November 2001
At the same spotRef 200120F363601
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 26 May 2008
At the same spotRef 200820F124901
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 16 May 2002
At the same spotRef 200220F170901
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 3 November 2023
4 m awayRef 2023201416762
Slight
Suzuki SX4 crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 27 June 2025
6 m awayRef 2025201608335
Slight
Citroen C5 crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 14 October 2006
10 m awayRef 200620F221301
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,689 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
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 200720F068501 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.