A4540 crash in Birmingham on 29 December 2008 at 13:20 involving a Foden lorry
A Foden lorry and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 13:20 on Monday 29 December 2008. The 31-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic and a 22-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2008
- Monday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Foden and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47993, longitude -1.87658, in the B9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B5 5RT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820D500203
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- 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
- Unclassified
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
- 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 18 November 2003.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 18 November 2003
At the same spotRef 200320D412803
Slight
Honda crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 6 May 2013
At the same spotRef 201320W022773
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 6 December 2007
At the same spotRef 200720D334703
Slight
Mitsubishi Galant crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 9 April 2003
At the same spotRef 200320D129803
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 16 November 2020
2 m awayRef 2020201018993
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 14 May 2016
4 m awayRef 2016200072796
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Foden
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,493 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- 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 200820D500203 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 2008.