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Fatal B4128 crash in Birmingham on 30 December 2002 at 20:17 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B4128 in Birmingham at 20:17 on Monday 30 December 2002. A 58-year-old male pedestrian hit by the car was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
30 Dec 2002
Monday, 20:17
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48112, longitude -1.76879, in the B33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glebe Farm & Tile Cross, Birmingham, B33 0BE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220D461303
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 24 September 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 58, hit by vehicle 1 (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 200220D461303 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.