A41 crash in Birmingham on 31 January 2008 at 08:45 involving a Mercedes 200
A Mercedes 200 and a Mitsubishi Shogun were involved in a crash on the A41 in Birmingham at 08:45 on Thursday 31 January 2008. The 50-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Shogun was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 2008
- Thursday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes 200 and Mitsubishi Shogun
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4542, longitude -1.85678, in the B11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 3TA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820E021803
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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 7 July 2005.
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Lexus LS400 crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 7 July 2005
At the same spotRef 200520E122503
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Volvo crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 13 February 2007
At the same spotRef 200720E026503
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Nissan Sunny crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 30 October 1998
At the same spotRef 199820E262401
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Nissan Primera crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 10 January 2003
At the same spotRef 200320E024003
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Volkswagen Golf crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 11 November 2013
At the same spotRef 201320T058093
Serious
Citroen C4 crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 24 February 2015
At the same spotRef 201520T012685
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes 200
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,835 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Shogun)
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 200820E021803 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.