A4540 crash in Birmingham on 26 September 2020 at 11:15 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A Nissan Qashqai and a Mercedes Cla Class were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 11:15 on Saturday 26 September 2020. The 39-year-old male driver of the Nissan Qashqai and the 27-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Cla Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Sep 2020
- Saturday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Qashqai and Mercedes Cla Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47262, longitude -1.87443, in the B10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B10 0BW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020200997234
- 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
- Roundabout
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 45
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 slight injury crash on 6 June 2022.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 6 June 2022
1 m awayRef 2022201264801
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 20 December 2021
2 m awayRef 2021201149839
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 13 February 2024
3 m awayRef 2024201438124
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 19 August 2016
3 m awayRef 2016200098482
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 17 April 2018
3 m awayRef 2018200309918
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 15 April 2017
3 m awayRef 2017200217238
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Cla Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Cla Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2020200997234 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.