A4540 crash in Birmingham on 13 August 2017 at 04:30 involving a Toyota Previa
A Toyota Previa and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 04:30 on Sunday 13 August 2017. The 29-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 29-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Aug 2017
- Sunday, 04:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Previa and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47331, longitude -1.87535, in the B9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B10 0BW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200215653
- 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
- Roundabout
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4128
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 16 August 2022.
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 16 August 2022
1 m awayRef 2022201269663
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 23 April 2017
3 m awayRef 2017200179903
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 12 January 2018
4 m awayRef 2018200262429
Slight
BMW M5 crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 8 April 2016
4 m awayRef 2016200060202
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 23 April 2017
6 m awayRef 2017200179638
Slight
Mini One crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 6 February 2022
6 m awayRef 2022201163309
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Previa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2017200215653 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.