A4540 crash in Birmingham on 23 May 2012 at 09:55 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Mini One were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 09:55 on Wednesday 23 May 2012. The 24-year-old female driver of the Mini One was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2012
- Wednesday, 09:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Mini One
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49073, longitude -1.88686, in the B7 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
- 201220W024202
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 2022.
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 4 May 2022
17 m awayRef 2022201195938
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 25 November 2015
26 m awayRef 2015200035141
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 13 August 2016
27 m awayRef 2016200098470
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 24 October 2007
28 m awayRef 200720D279401
Slight
Kia Niro crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 1 April 2023
29 m awayRef 2023201296499
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 27 March 2018
30 m awayRef 2018200294054
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini One)
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 201220W024202 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 2012.