A4540 crash in Birmingham on 3 March 2016 at 19:08 involving a Citroen C3
A car and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 19:08 on Thursday 3 March 2016. The 55-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Mar 2016
- Thursday, 19:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Citroen C3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46828, longitude -1.87972, in the B12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B10 0BW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200051764
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Unclassified
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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 2017.
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Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 2 February 2017
1 m awayRef 2017200156727
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Ford Focus crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 5 October 2018
3 m awayRef 2018200350563
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Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 2 February 2020
3 m awayRef 2020200936181
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Renault Clio crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 19 September 2025
4 m awayRef 2025201644458
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BMW 5 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 26 November 2022
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Yamaha X crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 24 January 2025
4 m awayRef 2025201546175
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
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 2016200051764 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 2016.