A41 crash in Birmingham on 26 August 2008 at 18:00 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A41 in Birmingham at 18:00 on Tuesday 26 August 2008. The 36-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2008
- Tuesday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45319, longitude -1.84104, in the B11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tyseley & Hay Mills, Birmingham, B11 3RL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820E122003
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4146
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 8 June 2000.
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 8 June 2000
At the same spotRef 200020E143201
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 28 September 2002
At the same spotRef 200220E206503
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 4 November 2006
At the same spotRef 200620E177203
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 9 July 2001
At the same spotRef 200120E173003
Slight
Vauxhall Tigra crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 19 January 2007
At the same spotRef 200720E007803
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 14 May 2006
At the same spotRef 200620E073603
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,762 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
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 200820E122003 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.