A4040 crash in Birmingham on 6 March 2023 at 20:30 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 20:30 on Monday 6 March 2023. The 50-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Mar 2023
- Monday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45296, longitude -1.83053, in the B27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 6JU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023201291350
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4040
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 2008.
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 31 October 2008
5 m awayRef 200820E164303
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 11 October 2011
7 m awayRef 201120T052181
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 30 November 2004
7 m awayRef 200420E220903
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 12 May 2002
7 m awayRef 200220E100903
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 16 April 2015
7 m awayRef 201520T032015
Slight
Mercedes 400 crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 2 September 1999
7 m awayRef 199920E216601
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2023201291350 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 2023.