A4040 crash in Birmingham on 24 September 2018 at 16:30 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 16:30 on Monday 24 September 2018. The 24-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Sep 2018
- Monday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45166, longitude -1.83182, in the B11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 7UY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200339853
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4040
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 41
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
- 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 31 May 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 31 May 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200074469
Slight
Mercedes S Class crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 15 February 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200048900
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 22 December 2025
3 m awayRef 2025201686929
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 25 May 2021
3 m awayRef 2021201083551
Slight
Dacia Sandero crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 1 July 2025
3 m awayRef 2025201610736
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 13 May 2005
6 m awayRef 200520E088203
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- 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 2018200339853 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.