A4040 crash in Birmingham on 29 December 2022 at 18:00 involving a BMW 1 Series
A van and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 18:00 on Thursday 29 December 2022. The 43-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2022
- Thursday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52211, longitude -1.87421, in the B23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stockland Green, Birmingham, B23 7SA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022201283446
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2022.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 21 February 2022
1 m awayRef 2022201168815
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 12 October 2017
1 m awayRef 2017200235385
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 27 December 2017
2 m awayRef 2017200259849
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 4 June 2023
2 m awayRef 2023201368179
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 9 April 2018
2 m awayRef 2018200291896
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 7 August 2012
3 m awayRef 201220N045932
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
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 2022201283446 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.