A45 crash in Birmingham on 9 July 2013 at 15:36 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A45 in Birmingham at 15:36 on Tuesday 9 July 2013. The 37-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Corolla were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jul 2013
- Tuesday, 15:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46427, longitude -1.85969, in the B10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0EQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201320T033473
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 45
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4145
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2016.
Slight
Car crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 10 November 2016
4 m awayRef 2016200132586
Slight
Mercedes Cla Class crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 8 February 2022
5 m awayRef 2022201219269
Serious
Car crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 13 November 2025
5 m awayRef 2025201669057
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 4 October 2018
7 m awayRef 2018200342683
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 19 July 2009
10 m awayRef 200920D183303
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 22 March 2009
10 m awayRef 200920E041103
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,151 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201320T033473 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 2013.