A4540 crash in Birmingham on 24 February 2019 at 02:25 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A car and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 02:25 on Sunday 24 February 2019. The 39-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 35-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2019
- Sunday, 02:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47723, longitude -1.92641, in the B16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladywood, Birmingham, B15 1BF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019200856079
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4540
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4124
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2018.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 12 June 2018
3 m awayRef 2018200324896
Serious
Van crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 1 August 2024
4 m awayRef 2024201476077
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 6 March 2014
5 m awayRef 201420W014844
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 7 January 2002
5 m awayRef 200220F019302
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 11 August 2007
5 m awayRef 200720F177502
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 12 April 2023
5 m awayRef 2023201298992
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019200856079 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 2019.