A4540 crash in Birmingham on 17 November 2015 at 17:00 involving a goods vehicle
Two goods vehicles were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 17:00 on Tuesday 17 November 2015. The 32-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Nov 2015
- Tuesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Goods vehicle and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4658, longitude -1.89579, in the B5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B5 7HY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015200033412
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4540
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- A
- Second road number
- 441
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- 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 28 February 2017.
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the A4540 in Coventry, 28 February 2017
At the same spotRef 2017200164513
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 23 January 2018
At the same spotRef 2018200268020
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 20 September 1999
4 m awayRef 199920E235301
Serious
Van crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 3 June 2003
8 m awayRef 200320F145201
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 11 December 2006
8 m awayRef 200620E193903
Serious
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 17 May 2002
8 m awayRef 200220F141701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Goods vehicle
Goods vehicle, weight unknown
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Goods vehicle
Goods vehicle, weight unknown
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown), in vehicle 2 (Goods vehicle)
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 2015200033412 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 2015.