Serious A45 crash in Birmingham on 27 August 2018 at 10:00 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris, a Ford Focus and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A45 in Birmingham at 10:00 on Monday 27 August 2018. A 36-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Yaris was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Aug 2018
- Monday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Yaris and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46255, longitude -1.82367, in the B25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tyseley & Hay Mills, Birmingham, B25 8PS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200328966
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 45
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2022.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 12 August 2022
At the same spotRef 2022201224342
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 16 August 2020
1 m awayRef 2020200981048
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 26 December 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200146668
Slight
BMW 4 Series crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 4 May 2024
3 m awayRef 2024201439238
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 27 April 2004
3 m awayRef 200420D159903
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 23 April 2005
3 m awayRef 200520D120203
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2018200328966 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 2018.