A5127 crash in Birmingham on 29 October 2002 at 08:44 involving a Mitsubishi L200 van
A Mitsubishi L200 van and an Iveco-Ford bus were involved in a crash on the A5127 in Birmingham at 08:44 on Tuesday 29 October 2002. The 37-year-old female driver of the Iveco-Ford bus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Oct 2002
- Tuesday, 08:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi L200 and Iveco-Ford
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53875, longitude -1.82643, in the B72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Sutton Coldfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton Wylde Green, Birmingham, B72 1DN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220D389502
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5127
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 2013.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 18 November 2013
20 m awayRef 201320N058423
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 22 September 1998
70 m awayRef 199820D255001
Fatal
Austin Metro crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 12 December 1998
71 m awayRef 199820D339301
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 21 November 2006
81 m awayRef 200620D335302
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 12 August 1995
86 m awayRef 19952095D2058
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 6 May 1983
86 m awayRef 19832000D1268
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi L200
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,477 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Iveco-Ford)
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 200220D389502 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.