A4540 crash in Birmingham on 10 January 2020 at 11:04 involving an Audi RS6
An Audi RS6 hit a pedestrian on the A4540 in Birmingham at 11:04 on Friday 10 January 2020. A 60-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jan 2020
- Friday, 11:04
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi RS6
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48899, longitude -1.88533, in the B7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown, Birmingham, B19 3SN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020200929975
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4133
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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 2 March 2024.
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 2 March 2024
1 m awayRef 2024201432210
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 6 March 2003
4 m awayRef 200320F068001
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 27 April 2002
4 m awayRef 200220F125301
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 24 January 2024
5 m awayRef 2024201402659
Slight
Kawasaki EX500 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 27 January 1998
7 m awayRef 199820F022301
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 6 April 2011
7 m awayRef 201120W018931
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi RS6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 60, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi RS6)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2020200929975 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 2020.