A4540 crash in Birmingham on 5 December 2007 at 21:49 involving a Transbus Int
A Transbus Int and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 21:49 on Wednesday 5 December 2007. A 34-year-old female passenger in the Transbus Int and a 60-year-old female passenger in the Transbus Int were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2007
- Wednesday, 21:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Transbus Int and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47242, longitude -1.91826, in the B15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladywood, Birmingham, B15 1BF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200720F264801
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4540
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 4217
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 2012.
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MCW crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 11 September 2007
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Transbus Int
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,268 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Transbus Int)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Transbus Int)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 200720F264801 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.