Serious A4040 crash in Birmingham on 16 June 2019 at 04:15 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Five vehicles, including a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and a Vauxhall Insignia, were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 04:15 on Sunday 16 June 2019. The male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was seriously injured and the 27-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and a male passenger in the Vauxhall Insignia were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Jun 2019
- Sunday, 04:15
- Vehicles
- 5
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and 4 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5197, longitude -1.84189, in the B24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6TG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019200935523
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4040
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2015.
Slight
Rover 25 crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 21 November 2015
2 m awayRef 2015200036165
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 27 December 2017
3 m awayRef 2017200259515
Slight
Fiat Ducato crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 9 December 2019
4 m awayRef 2019200922782
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 15 July 2017
5 m awayRef 2017200210452
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 3 January 2006
6 m awayRef 200620D006301
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 4 March 1999
6 m awayRef 199920D074101
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2019200935523 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.