A4540 crash in Birmingham on 10 December 2020 at 17:45 involving a Ford Focus
A car and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 17:45 on Thursday 10 December 2020. The 34-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2020
- Thursday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46596, longitude -1.89586, in the B5 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
- 2020201021159
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 2017.
Slight
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 4 February 2017
6 m awayRef 2017200157192
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 17 January 2017
7 m awayRef 2017200155442
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 20 December 2018
10 m awayRef 2018200354136
Serious
Van crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 3 June 2003
12 m awayRef 200320F145201
Serious
Car crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 17 May 2002
12 m awayRef 200220F141701
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 30 March 2010
15 m awayRef 201020E119913
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2020201021159 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.