A41 crash in Birmingham on 17 December 2020 at 18:20 involving a Vauxhall Combo van
A Vauxhall Combo van and a Porsche Macan were involved in a crash on the A41 in Birmingham at 18:20 on Thursday 17 December 2020. The 32-year-old male driver of the Porsche Macan was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2020
- Thursday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and Porsche Macan
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45482, longitude -1.85778, in the B11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 3TA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020201013717
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Single 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 June 2021.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 27 June 2021
2 m awayRef 2021201074058
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 31 May 2015
4 m awayRef 201520T038505
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 29 December 2018
8 m awayRef 2018200808147
Serious
Toyota C-HR crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 24 September 2018
12 m awayRef 2018200339887
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 18 January 2004
12 m awayRef 200420E019703
Slight
DAF Trucks Fas 75CF crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 12 March 2007
12 m awayRef 200720E061003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Porsche Macan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Porsche Macan)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least 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 2020201013717 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.