A453 crash in Birmingham on 20 February 2017 at 11:49 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Seat Leon were involved in a crash on the A453 in Birmingham at 11:49 on Monday 20 February 2017. The 47-year-old male driver of the Seat Leon was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Feb 2017
- Monday, 11:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Seat Leon
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5168, longitude -1.9011, in the B42 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200161331
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 453
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 34
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2010.
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the A53 in Birmingham, 22 November 2010
4 m awayRef 201020W049650
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 4 April 2009
4 m awayRef 200920D081401
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 13 June 2017
8 m awayRef 2017200204820
Fatal
Ford Mondeo crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 30 August 2002
9 m awayRef 200220F240503
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 22 January 1998
9 m awayRef 199820F018101
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 12 June 2015
9 m awayRef 201520W035695
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Leon)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017200161331 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.