A34 crash in Birmingham on 29 April 2017 at 12:43 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on the A34 in Birmingham at 12:43 on Saturday 29 April 2017. The 22-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Apr 2017
- Saturday, 12:43
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50353, longitude -1.90029, in the B19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lozells, Birmingham, B19 1SL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200182954
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- 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
- 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, 13 metres away, was a fatal crash on 28 November 2008.
Fatal
Peugeot 306 crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 28 November 2008
13 m awayRef 200820F228103
Fatal
Volvo crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 26 March 2002
13 m awayRef 200220D113001
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 23 February 2015
17 m awayRef 201520W028345
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 21 April 1998
17 m awayRef 199820F082701
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 19 January 2004
26 m awayRef 200420D031701
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 10 March 2002
31 m awayRef 200220F080103
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2017200182954 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.