A4540 crash in Birmingham on 13 February 2024 at 22:59 involving a Volkswagen Tiguan
A Volkswagen Tiguan and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 22:59 on Tuesday 13 February 2024. The 34-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Tiguan, the 19-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 57-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Tiguan were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Feb 2024
- Tuesday, 22:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Tiguan and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47262, longitude -1.87447, in the B10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B10 0BW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024201438124
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4540
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 45
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2022.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 6 June 2022
1 m awayRef 2022201264801
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 17 April 2018
1 m awayRef 2018200309918
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 19 August 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200098482
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 15 April 2017
1 m awayRef 2017200217238
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 11 May 2017
2 m awayRef 2017200183785
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 26 September 2020
3 m awayRef 2020200997234
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Tiguan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Tiguan)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Tiguan)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
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 2024201438124 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 2024.