A4540 crash in Birmingham on 26 June 2024 at 05:45 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Peugeot 108 were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 05:45 on Wednesday 26 June 2024. The 58-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 108 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jun 2024
- Wednesday, 05:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Peugeot 108
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46294, longitude -1.88559, in the B12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B5 7HY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024201470309
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2016.
Slight
Lexus IS200 crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 25 February 2016
3 m awayRef 2016200050118
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 30 July 2016
3 m awayRef 2016200096399
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 17 December 1998
4 m awayRef 199820E330101
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A4167 in Birmingham, 3 March 2018
4 m awayRef 2018200282461
Slight
Mini Countryman crash on the A4167 in Birmingham, 10 July 2018
5 m awayRef 2018200335163
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A4167 in Birmingham, 22 March 2018
5 m awayRef 2018200293253
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 108
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 108)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2024201470309 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.