A4040 crash in Birmingham on 8 November 2024 at 08:40 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and a Land Rover Range Rover Velar were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 08:40 on Friday 8 November 2024. A 7-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Prius was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Nov 2024
- Friday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Land Rover Range Rover Velar
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5132, longitude -1.92569, in the B20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, B20 2DU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024201513817
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- Wet or damp
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 4 February 2017.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 4 February 2017
1 m awayRef 2017200157237
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 30 January 2023
2 m awayRef 2023201276026
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 28 May 2021
2 m awayRef 2021201058650
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 5 November 2009
3 m awayRef 200920F202303
Slight
Volvo 760 crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 4 October 2003
3 m awayRef 200320F269703
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 10 September 2005
3 m awayRef 200520F224503
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Velar
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2024201513817 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.