A34 crash in Birmingham on 19 April 2022 at 10:15 involving a Hyundai i30
A Hyundai i30 and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A34 in Birmingham at 10:15 on Tuesday 19 April 2022. The 41-year-old driver of the BMW 3 Series and a 45-year-old male passenger in the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Apr 2022
- Tuesday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai i30 and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49631, longitude -1.89554, in the B1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown, Birmingham, B6 4PJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022201257958
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 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 21 June 2016.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 21 June 2016
4 m awayRef 2016200082702
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 14 November 2025
13 m awayRef 2025201671072
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 23 October 1994
19 m awayRef 19942094W2485
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 31 December 1991
19 m awayRef 19912091D1711
Serious
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 22 December 1980
19 m awayRef 19802000D3537
Slight
Taxi crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 24 April 1981
19 m awayRef 19812000D1036
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i30
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightAged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2022201257958 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.