A38 crash in Birmingham on 4 May 2014 at 21:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Citroen DS3 were involved in a crash on the A38 in Birmingham at 21:00 on Sunday 4 May 2014. The 48-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 May 2014
- Sunday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Citroen DS3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45569, longitude -1.91035, in the B5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Edgbaston, Birmingham, B5 7XA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201420S024054
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 4217
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2007.
Slight
Saab 900 crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 6 August 2007
At the same spotRef 200720E109901
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 22 November 2003
At the same spotRef 200320E226701
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 17 February 2006
At the same spotRef 200620F039002
Slight
Mercedes CLK Class crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 15 December 2011
At the same spotRef 201120S501691
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 7 November 2001
At the same spotRef 200120F357801
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 29 October 2007
At the same spotRef 200720F245802
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen DS3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 201420S024054 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.