A4040 crash in Birmingham on 30 December 2019 at 15:00 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 15:00 on Monday 30 December 2019. The 49-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra, a 48-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra and a 17-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2019
- Monday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42923, longitude -1.86401, in the B13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Billesley, Birmingham, B13 0TW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019200927020
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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 serious injury crash on 17 August 2017.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 17 August 2017
1 m awayRef 2017200228179
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 20 September 2019
2 m awayRef 2019200886399
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 9 January 2009
4 m awayRef 200920E008302
Slight
Rover Metro crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 2 February 1999
4 m awayRef 199920E031901
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 5 September 2012
4 m awayRef 201220S042802
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 23 February 1998
4 m awayRef 199820E053501
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019200927020 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.