A34 crash in Birmingham on 21 August 2008 at 14:05 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A34 in Birmingham at 14:05 on Thursday 21 August 2008. The 59-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis was 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
- 21 Aug 2008
- Thursday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42244, longitude -1.83733, in the B28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hall Green North, Birmingham, B28 9ES area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820E144602
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4025
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 2 April 2015.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 2 April 2015
At the same spotRef 201520T021045
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 19 December 2016
5 m awayRef 2016200145057
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 28 April 2025
9 m awayRef 2025201583180
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 23 April 2007
10 m awayRef 200720E074502
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 2 February 2010
10 m awayRef 201020E023212
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 6 October 2000
10 m awayRef 200020E252401
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North 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
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North 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
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,975 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, 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 200820E144602 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.