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Fatal A41 crash in Birmingham on 19 August 2017 at 00:21 involving a BMW M3

A BMW M3 crashed on the A41 in Birmingham at 00:21 on Saturday 19 August 2017. The 32-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Aug 2017
Saturday, 00:21
Vehicles
1
BMW M3
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50522, longitude -1.94448, in the B21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holyhead, Birmingham, B21 8BG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017200227352
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW M3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    3,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW M3)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least 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 2017200227352 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.