Serious A4040 crash in Birmingham on 13 June 2020 at 03:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on the A4040 in Birmingham at 03:50 on Saturday 13 June 2020. The 45-year-old male driver, a 40-year-old female passenger and a 43-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Jun 2020
- Saturday, 03:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.456, longitude -1.82565, in the B27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 6JU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020200959891
- 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
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4146
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2010.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 27 April 2010
6 m awayRef 201020T007580
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 22 December 2025
14 m awayRef 2025201687110
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 25 September 2008
17 m awayRef 200820E131203
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 27 May 2006
17 m awayRef 200620E085703
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 11 September 2009
17 m awayRef 200920E114803
Serious
Honda crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 11 February 1998
17 m awayRef 199820E045701
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2020200959891 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.