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Serious A38 crash in Birmingham on 18 September 2017 at 01:39 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa hit a pedestrian on the A38 in Birmingham at 01:39 on Monday 18 September 2017. A male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Sep 2017
Monday, 01:39
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46704, longitude -1.90121, in the B5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B5 7HY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017200235748
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
4540

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    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 2017200235748 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.