A4540 crash in Birmingham on 13 August 2016 at 11:20 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 11:20 on Saturday 13 August 2016. The 57-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio and a 49-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Aug 2016
- Saturday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Clio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4908, longitude -1.88647, in the B7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown, Birmingham, B6 4PJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200098470
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 2015.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 25 November 2015
9 m awayRef 2015200035141
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 24 October 2007
13 m awayRef 200720D279401
Slight
Kia Niro crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 1 April 2023
16 m awayRef 2023201296499
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 27 March 2018
19 m awayRef 2018200294054
Slight
Renault crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 7 March 2005
23 m awayRef 200520D075301
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 23 May 2012
27 m awayRef 201220W024202
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 898 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 2016200098470 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.