A4040 crash in Birmingham on 8 December 2020 at 14:10 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 14:10 on Tuesday 8 December 2020. A 44-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio were 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
- 8 Dec 2020
- Tuesday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48524, longitude -1.9423, in the B16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Edgbaston, Birmingham, B18 4ED area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020201020648
- 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
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 June 2024.
Slight
Car crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 20 June 2024
10 m awayRef 2024201458129
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 19 July 2025
16 m awayRef 2025201619377
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 1 April 2017
23 m awayRef 2017200173059
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 27 March 1987
25 m awayRef 19872000C0344
Slight
Car crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 20 March 1981
25 m awayRef 19812000C0599
Serious
Car crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 14 March 1984
25 m awayRef 19842000C0525
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020201020648 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.