B4128 crash in Birmingham on 27 October 2002 at 11:45 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the B4128 in Birmingham at 11:45 on Sunday 27 October 2002. A 27-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Carina and a female passenger in the Toyota Carina were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Oct 2002
- Sunday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Toyota Carina
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47596, longitude -1.86083, in the B9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B9 4TG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220D377403
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4128
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 1999.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 8 July 1999
At the same spotRef 199920D195001
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 29 October 2004
At the same spotRef 200420D368303
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 25 March 2004
At the same spotRef 200420D116403
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 6 August 2025
9 m awayRef 2025201626214
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 25 September 2016
9 m awayRef 2016200111920
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 4 October 1998
10 m awayRef 199820D262701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,975 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 200220D377403 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.