A4540 crash in Birmingham on 1 August 2024 at 17:18 involving a Ford Ka+
A Ford Ka+, a Toyota Yaris and a car were involved in a crash on the A4540 in Birmingham at 17:18 on Thursday 1 August 2024. The 36-year-old male driver of the Toyota Yaris and the 58-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Aug 2024
- Thursday, 17:18
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Ka+ and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47276, longitude -1.87543, 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
- 2024201474898
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4128
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 2016.
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 13 October 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200121697
Slight
Honda C90 crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 12 June 2001
1 m awayRef 200120D252503
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 5 June 2002
1 m awayRef 200220F158301
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 18 April 2015
1 m awayRef 201520W022935
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 29 January 2006
1 m awayRef 200620F026801
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A45 in Birmingham, 5 June 2009
1 m awayRef 200920F103901
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Ka+
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 58 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2024201474898 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.