A4540 crash in Birmingham on 14 April 2017 at 15:02 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 15:02 on Friday 14 April 2017. The 40-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Apr 2017
- Friday, 15:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Fabia and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48188, longitude -1.8785, in the B4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B5 5RT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200176857
- 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
- 30 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2020.
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 2 October 2020
2 m awayRef 2020200989686
Serious
Triumph crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 5 January 2007
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Slight
Scania crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 25 May 2006
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 40, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2017200176857 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.