A38(M) crash in Birmingham on 8 October 2016 at 17:36 involving a Mercedes Gla Class
A Mercedes Gla Class and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the A38(M) in Birmingham at 17:36 on Saturday 8 October 2016. An 11-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes E Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Oct 2016
- Saturday, 17:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Gla Class and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50659, longitude -1.87774, in the B6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nechells, Birmingham, B6 5TW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200126558
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A(M)
- First road number
- 38
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 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, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 December 2023.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 22 December 2023
19 m awayRef 2023201434320
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A38(M) in Birmingham, 9 May 2009
29 m awayRef 200920Z011901
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A38(M) in Birmingham, 30 September 2015
30 m awayRef 201520Z003325
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 13 January 2023
36 m awayRef 2023201285007
Serious
Ford Courier crash on the A38(M) in Birmingham, 29 April 1998
36 m awayRef 199820D921601
Serious
Chrysler 300C crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 21 December 2023
38 m awayRef 2023201393955
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Gla Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2016200126558 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.