A441 crash in Birmingham on 12 July 2008 at 02:05 involving a Ford Transit Connect van
A Ford Transit Connect van and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A441 in Birmingham at 02:05 on Saturday 12 July 2008. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Connect van and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit Connect van were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2008
- Saturday, 02:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit Connect and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42693, longitude -1.92217, in the B30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 2RG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820E121302
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 441
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 2000.
Slight
Piaggio T5 125 crash on the A441 in Birmingham, 6 May 2000
At the same spotRef 200020E116801
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A441 in Birmingham, 13 July 2004
At the same spotRef 200420E131602
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A441 in Birmingham, 13 January 2009
At the same spotRef 200920E032102
Serious
Toyota Carina crash on the A441 in Birmingham, 20 November 2014
At the same spotRef 201420S056634
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A441 in Birmingham, 13 July 2017
5 m awayRef 2017200210421
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A441 in Birmingham, 9 July 2025
5 m awayRef 2025201613373
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Connect)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Connect)
- 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 200820E121302 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.