A4540 crash in Birmingham on 2 December 2020 at 07:45 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A car and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 07:45 on Wednesday 2 December 2020. The 24-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was 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
- 2 Dec 2020
- Wednesday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46363, longitude -1.88615, in the B12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B5 7HY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020201020284
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4540
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 4540
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2020.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 14 August 2020
1 m awayRef 2020200990226
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 11 August 2020
1 m awayRef 2020200984003
Slight
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 5 November 2021
1 m awayRef 2021201144348
Slight
Proton Persona crash on the A435 in Birmingham, 10 January 2004
2 m awayRef 200420E019803
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 22 September 2008
2 m awayRef 200820E130303
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A435 in Birmingham, 5 May 1999
2 m awayRef 199920E114601
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2020201020284 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.