A453 crash in Birmingham on 24 July 2021 at 11:15 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Jaguar XF Series taxi were involved in a crash on the A453 in Birmingham at 11:15 on Saturday 24 July 2021. A 20-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Polo 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
- 24 Jul 2021
- Saturday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Jaguar XF Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52473, longitude -1.89679, in the B42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Perry Barr, Birmingham, B42 1SG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021201091291
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 453
- 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
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2013.
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A453 in Birmingham, 19 November 2013
4 m awayRef 201320W058923
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A453 in Birmingham, 19 March 2024
6 m awayRef 2024201451441
Slight
Kawasaki ZX crash on the A453 in Birmingham, 8 March 2024
9 m awayRef 2024201418858
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the A453 in Birmingham, 6 July 2002
11 m awayRef 200220F195303
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A453 in Birmingham, 23 November 2021
12 m awayRef 2021201130482
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A453 in Birmingham, 6 October 2025
14 m awayRef 2025201651316
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Jaguar XF Series
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2021201091291 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.