A452 crash in Birmingham on 13 January 2022 at 10:00 involving a Scania
Two Scanias were involved in a crash on the A452 in Birmingham at 10:00 on Thursday 13 January 2022. The 34-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jan 2022
- Thursday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53113, longitude -1.82411, in the B24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Erdington, Birmingham, B23 5UR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022201216547
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 452
- 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2014.
Slight
Car crash on the A452 in Birmingham, 1 June 2014
1 m awayRef 201420N029714
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A452 in Birmingham, 11 July 2008
1 m awayRef 200820D190302
Slight
Car crash on the A452 in Birmingham, 14 October 2025
13 m awayRef 2025201655168
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A452 in Birmingham, 6 June 2013
28 m awayRef 201320N028233
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A452 in Birmingham, 7 July 1995
29 m awayRef 19952095D1771
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A452 in Birmingham, 28 September 2001
31 m awayRef 200120D387401
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Scania
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2022201216547 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 2022.