Serious A4040 crash in Birmingham on 1 September 2021 at 20:05 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 hit a pedestrian on the A4040 in Birmingham at 20:05 on Wednesday 1 September 2021. A 34-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Sep 2021
- Wednesday, 20:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49275, longitude -1.93914, in the B18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Soho & Victoria, Sandwell, B66 2LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021201102496
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2019.
Slight
Car crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 10 August 2019
6 m awayRef 2019200888261
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 2 September 2018
9 m awayRef 2018200349004
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 3 June 2024
12 m awayRef 2024201452410
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 5 June 2002
19 m awayRef 200220F160102
Slight
Honda crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 20 June 2025
23 m awayRef 2025201607472
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 4 April 2006
27 m awayRef 200620F091602
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 34, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2021201102496 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.