A34 crash in Birmingham on 15 December 2024 at 05:30 involving a Vauxhall Mokka
A Vauxhall Mokka and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A34 in Birmingham at 05:30 on Sunday 15 December 2024. The 61-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2024
- Sunday, 05:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Mokka and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49951, longitude -1.89568, in the B6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lozells, Birmingham, B19 1SL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024201533636
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4144
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 13 July 2022.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 13 July 2022
1 m awayRef 2022201221620
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 9 July 2018
1 m awayRef 2018200318060
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 11 January 2020
1 m awayRef 2020200930901
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 4 November 2018
1 m awayRef 2018200347588
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 17 December 2016
2 m awayRef 2016200144262
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 24 June 2019
2 m awayRef 2019200860546
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2024201533636 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.