A4540 crash in Birmingham on 15 December 2009 at 11:50 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a car were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 11:50 on Tuesday 15 December 2009. The female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2009
- Tuesday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49263, longitude -1.89893, in the B19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown, Birmingham, B19 3SN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200920F234601
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4540
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4498
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 26 June 2012.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 26 June 2012
At the same spotRef 201220W031672
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Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 15 May 2013
At the same spotRef 201320W025293
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 12 June 2012
At the same spotRef 201220W029282
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Peugeot 508 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 10 March 2018
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Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 18 June 2017
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Female
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200920F234601 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 2009.