A4540 crash in Birmingham on 1 April 2017 at 19:00 involving a Peugeot 3008
A Peugeot 3008 and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 19:00 on Saturday 1 April 2017. A 52-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 3008 and a 17-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 3008 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Apr 2017
- Saturday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 3008 and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46761, longitude -1.90202, in the B15 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
- 2017200173084
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4540
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 38
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 5 January 2001.
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 5 January 2001
4 m awayRef 200120F068001
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 4 February 2008
4 m awayRef 200820F024701
Slight
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 3 May 2019
9 m awayRef 2019200868052
Slight
Iveco crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 24 May 2016
11 m awayRef 2016200075205
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 9 June 2024
15 m awayRef 2024201453846
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 10 August 2003
17 m awayRef 200320F213201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 3008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
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
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 3008)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 3008)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017200173084 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.