A456 crash in Birmingham on 30 December 2024 at 10:18 involving a Renault Captur
A Renault Captur crashed on the A456 in Birmingham at 10:18 on Monday 30 December 2024. The 79-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2024
- Monday, 10:18
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Captur
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46563, longitude -1.98516, in the B68 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024201535922
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 456
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4123
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 1995.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A456 in Sandwell, 15 January 1995
5 m awayRef 19952095K0088
Slight
Van crash on the A456 in Sandwell, 23 November 1984
5 m awayRef 19842000K3168
Serious
Daimler crash on the A456 in Sandwell, 8 April 1993
5 m awayRef 19932093K0561
Slight
Car crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 2 August 1989
5 m awayRef 19892000C0963
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 22 October 1995
5 m awayRef 19952095F2229
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 4 January 1997
5 m awayRef 19972097F0081
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Captur
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Captur)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least 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 2024201535922 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.