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A45 crash in Birmingham on 20 January 2014 at 16:40 involving a DAF Trucks FA 45LF lorry

A DAF Trucks FA 45LF lorry, a Vauxhall Zafira and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A45 in Birmingham at 16:40 on Monday 20 January 2014. The 47-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Zafira 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
20 Jan 2014
Monday, 16:40
Vehicles
3
DAF Trucks FA 45LF and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45165, longitude -1.77983, in the B26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sheldon, Birmingham, B26 3HS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201420T004524
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
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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 2011.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks FA 45LF

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    5,880 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)

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 201420T004524 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.