A4040 crash in Birmingham on 29 November 2016 at 19:28 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 19:28 on Tuesday 29 November 2016. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Nov 2016
- Tuesday, 19:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51314, longitude -1.88957, in the B20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aston, Birmingham, B20 3DP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200138498
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4040
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2021.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 13 August 2021
At the same spotRef 2021201117082
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 21 September 2014
3 m awayRef 201420W042094
Slight
Chevrolet Tacuma crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 7 August 2010
3 m awayRef 201020W028490
Slight
Hyundai Ioniq crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 16 October 2024
3 m awayRef 2024201504685
Serious
Ford Ecosport crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 19 April 2019
3 m awayRef 2019200836040
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 31 December 2020
6 m awayRef 2020201023337
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016200138498 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.