A41 crash in Birmingham on 24 April 2014 at 17:47 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A41 in Birmingham at 17:47 on Thursday 24 April 2014. The 42-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Apr 2014
- Thursday, 17:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4484, longitude -1.82708, in the B27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 7UY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201420T025784
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- 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
- Unclassified
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 1998.
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 13 March 1998
At the same spotRef 199820E064901
Slight
Rover Mini crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 12 January 2003
At the same spotRef 200320E017503
Slight
Datsun Sunny crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 17 October 1998
At the same spotRef 199820E248201
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 19 May 2014
At the same spotRef 201420T027644
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 18 July 2008
At the same spotRef 200820E101103
Slight
Car crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 18 May 2006
At the same spotRef 200620E083403
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 201420T025784 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.