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A34 crash in Birmingham on 17 February 2020 at 15:00 involving an Audi A3

An Audi A3 hit two pedestrians on the A34 in Birmingham at 15:00 on Monday 17 February 2020. A 7-year-old male pedestrian and a 9-year-old female pedestrian were 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
17 Feb 2020
Monday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Audi A3
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49713, longitude -1.8953, in the B6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown, Birmingham, B6 4PJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020200933200
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
34
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    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
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A3)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A3)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 2020200933200 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.