A4040 crash in Birmingham on 23 January 2021 at 21:41 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A4040 in Birmingham at 21:41 on Saturday 23 January 2021. A 39-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jan 2021
- Saturday, 21:41
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4635, longitude -1.96483, in the B17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Quinton, Birmingham, B17 8AU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021201033459
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 1998.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 31 July 1998
4 m awayRef 199820F160501
Serious
Mercedes 190 crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 27 September 2000
11 m awayRef 200020F241301
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 29 January 2014
11 m awayRef 201420S013784
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 14 November 2018
18 m awayRef 2018200349326
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 20 March 2001
20 m awayRef 200120F134601
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 11 June 2025
23 m awayRef 2025201601454
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- 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 2021201033459 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 2021.