B4217 crash in Birmingham on 27 November 1989 at 07:06 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4217 in Birmingham at 07:06 on Monday 27 November 1989. The 35-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 45-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Nov 1989
- Monday, 07:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46202, longitude -1.92195, in the B15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19892000B2081
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4217
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 10 March 1982
At the same spotRef 19822000B0600
Serious
Austin Taxi crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 17 November 1995
At the same spotRef 19952095E5688
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 27 August 1980
At the same spotRef 19802000B2297
Serious
Car crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 25 May 2008
63 m awayRef 200820F099702
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 4 May 2025
99 m awayRef 2025201585691
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 19 January 1981
100 m awayRef 19812000B0176
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,238 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 19892000B2081 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 1989.