A456 crash in Birmingham on 18 January 2014 at 07:45 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Chevrolet Matiz were involved in a crash on the A456 in Birmingham at 07:45 on Saturday 18 January 2014. The 24-year-old female driver of the Chevrolet Matiz was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jan 2014
- Saturday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Chevrolet Matiz
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47334, longitude -1.95742, in the B17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Edgbaston, Birmingham, B17 8DT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201420S004154
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 456
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4182
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- 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 25 June 2014.
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 25 June 2014
At the same spotRef 201420S035754
Slight
Suzuki UC 125 crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 13 April 2000
At the same spotRef 200020F095601
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A456 in Sandwell, 23 October 1998
At the same spotRef 199820K229301
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B4182 in Birmingham, 15 October 2005
At the same spotRef 200520F266002
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 13 December 2017
8 m awayRef 2017200253052
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 14 September 2002
10 m awayRef 200220F306802
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,189 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Chevrolet Matiz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Chevrolet Matiz)
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 201420S004154 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 2014.