A4540 crash in Birmingham on 18 June 2017 at 19:30 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 19:30 on Sunday 18 June 2017. The 40-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 307 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jun 2017
- Sunday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4927, longitude -1.89887, in the B19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown, Birmingham, B19 3SN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200202915
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4498
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 2018.
Slight
Peugeot 508 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 10 March 2018
1 m awayRef 2018200281729
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 26 June 2012
4 m awayRef 201220W031672
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 12 June 2012
4 m awayRef 201220W029282
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 15 December 2009
4 m awayRef 200920F234601
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 15 May 2013
4 m awayRef 201320W025293
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 10 June 2025
5 m awayRef 2025201610569
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)
- 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 2017200202915 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.