A34 crash in Birmingham on 18 July 2017 at 09:24 involving a Mazda 3
A Mazda 3 hit a pedestrian on the A34 in Birmingham at 09:24 on Tuesday 18 July 2017. A 23-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jul 2017
- Tuesday, 09:24
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mazda 3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44815, longitude -1.86131, in the B11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 4HD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200212121
- 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
- Single 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 serious injury crash on 29 July 2023.
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 29 July 2023
2 m awayRef 2023201355907
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 26 June 2021
2 m awayRef 2021201064012
Serious
Mercedes 300 crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 22 November 2001
4 m awayRef 200120E267603
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 20 May 1999
7 m awayRef 199920E125901
Slight
Hyundai i800 crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 16 November 2011
7 m awayRef 201120T058611
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 25 April 1998
7 m awayRef 199820E100901
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,183 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Mazda 3)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017200212121 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.