A4040 crash in Birmingham on 10 January 2020 at 20:10 involving a Toyota Avensis
A car and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 20:10 on Friday 10 January 2020. The 49-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Avensis 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 T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jan 2020
- Friday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48718, longitude -1.9376, in the B18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Edgbaston, Birmingham, B18 4ED area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020200931004
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- 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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 2009.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 10 September 2009
21 m awayRef 200920F167802
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 6 May 2024
27 m awayRef 2024201440984
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 2 September 2005
28 m awayRef 200520F208302
Slight
Car crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 26 February 2018
29 m awayRef 2018200274557
Slight
Lorry crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 13 July 1988
34 m awayRef 19882000C0859
Serious
Dodge crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 14 August 1995
34 m awayRef 19952095F1647
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020200931004 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.