A41 crash in Birmingham on 11 September 2018 at 15:20 involving a Volkswagen UP
A Volkswagen UP and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A41 in Birmingham at 15:20 on Tuesday 11 September 2018. The 18-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Sep 2018
- Tuesday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen UP and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45296, longitude -1.85231, 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 3TA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200337525
- 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
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2017.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 5 February 2017
6 m awayRef 2017200157681
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 25 May 2017
6 m awayRef 2017200187938
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 27 August 2014
7 m awayRef 201420T045804
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 15 April 2016
12 m awayRef 2016200062022
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 20 April 2016
13 m awayRef 2016200062275
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 13 May 2001
13 m awayRef 200120E149303
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen UP
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 18, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2018200337525 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.