A38 crash in Birmingham on 22 December 2019 at 11:51 involving a Citroen Berlingo
A Citroen Berlingo and a Suzuki Ignis were involved in a crash on the A38 in Birmingham at 11:51 on Sunday 22 December 2019. The 64-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Ignis was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2019
- Sunday, 11:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Berlingo and Suzuki Ignis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51961, longitude -1.79989, in the B35 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pype Hayes, Birmingham, B24 9PZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019200927040
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 2017.
Slight
Scania crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 5 July 2017
2 m awayRef 2017200207299
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 30 November 2025
3 m awayRef 2025201676256
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 13 November 2018
4 m awayRef 2018200353750
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 18 July 2012
5 m awayRef 201220N051972
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4097 in Birmingham, 27 June 2000
5 m awayRef 200020D201502
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 26 May 2013
5 m awayRef 201320N026003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Ignis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Ignis)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2019200927040 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.