Serious B4138 crash in Birmingham on 10 May 2002 at 10:50 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4138 in Birmingham at 10:50 on Friday 10 May 2002. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 May 2002
- Friday, 10:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55285, longitude -1.88478, in the B44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingstanding, Birmingham, B44 0RJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220D173302
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4138
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4149
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2022.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B4138 in Birmingham, 18 December 2022
6 m awayRef 2022201276355
Slight
Gilera Runner crash on the B4138 in Birmingham, 3 June 2010
10 m awayRef 201020W014910
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B4138 in Birmingham, 19 May 1982
14 m awayRef 19822000D1283
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the B4138 in Birmingham, 14 January 1990
14 m awayRef 19902000D0070
Slight
Subaru Subaru crash on the B4149 in Birmingham, 16 May 1994
14 m awayRef 19942094N1291
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B4138 in Birmingham, 14 April 1980
14 m awayRef 19802000D0955
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 200220D173302 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 2002.