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Serious A38 crash in Birmingham on 29 October 2016 at 04:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the A38 in Birmingham at 04:00 on Saturday 29 October 2016. A 23-year-old male passenger and a 22-year-old male passenger were seriously injured and a 21-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Oct 2016
Saturday, 04:00
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51091, longitude -1.83411, in the B24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pype Hayes, Birmingham, B24 8DP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016200122644
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
4040

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2016200122644 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.