A34 crash in Birmingham on 26 July 2008 at 21:52 involving a Mitsubishi
A Mitsubishi, a Dennis bus and a Volvo S60 were involved in a crash on the A34 in Birmingham at 21:52 on Saturday 26 July 2008. The 22-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jul 2008
- Saturday, 21:52
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mitsubishi and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51385, longitude -1.90212, in the B20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aston, Birmingham, B20 3DP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820F146003
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 1998.
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 13 November 1998
10 m awayRef 199820F239601
Serious
Nissan Almera crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 19 November 2014
14 m awayRef 201420W055914
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 26 May 2008
14 m awayRef 200820D211801
Slight
Lorry crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 28 May 2019
17 m awayRef 2019200850900
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 23 November 2006
20 m awayRef 200620F260603
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 26 May 2000
22 m awayRef 200020F133701
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,268 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Volvo S60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi)
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 200820F146003 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.