A4540 crash in Birmingham on 2 November 2016 at 08:35 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Yamaha XT 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 08:35 on Wednesday 2 November 2016. The 24-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XT 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Nov 2016
- Wednesday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Yamaha XT 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47651, longitude -1.92498, in the B16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladywood, Birmingham, B15 1BF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200153548
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 December 2019.
Serious
Hyundai i30 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 10 December 2019
6 m awayRef 2019200916132
Serious
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 19 March 2005
9 m awayRef 200520F069402
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 4 November 2005
9 m awayRef 200520F266502
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 22 October 2003
9 m awayRef 200320F283002
Slight
BMW 4 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 26 October 2025
14 m awayRef 2025201659475
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 26 June 2022
15 m awayRef 2022201219315
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha XT 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha XT 125)
- 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 2016200153548 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.