A4540 crash in Birmingham on 4 February 2017 at 06:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 06:45 on Saturday 4 February 2017. The 39-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 63-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Feb 2017
- Saturday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46602, longitude -1.89584, in the B5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B5 7HY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200157192
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4540
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 17 January 2017
1 m awayRef 2017200155442
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 10 December 2020
6 m awayRef 2020201021159
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 20 December 2018
13 m awayRef 2018200354136
Serious
Van crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 3 June 2003
17 m awayRef 200320F145201
Serious
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 17 May 2002
17 m awayRef 200220F141701
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 30 March 2010
20 m awayRef 201020E119913
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2017200157192 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 2017.