A4540 crash in Birmingham on 3 May 2019 at 14:55 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 14:55 on Friday 3 May 2019. The 38-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 2019
- Friday, 14:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46757, longitude -1.9019, in the B15 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019200868052
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4540
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 38
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2024.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 9 June 2024
6 m awayRef 2024201453846
Slight
Peugeot 3008 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 1 April 2017
9 m awayRef 2017200173084
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 10 August 2003
9 m awayRef 200320F213201
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 4 February 2008
11 m awayRef 200820F024701
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 5 January 2001
11 m awayRef 200120F068001
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 10 May 2003
11 m awayRef 200320F238701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2019200868052 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.