B4121 crash in Birmingham on 21 January 2002 at 08:10 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the B4121 in Birmingham at 08:10 on Monday 21 January 2002. The 41-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jan 2002
- Monday, 08:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41346, longitude -1.96571, in the B31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Northfield, Birmingham, B31 2PJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220E026201
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4121
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 2001.
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 17 April 2001
At the same spotRef 200120E124101
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Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 28 November 1999
At the same spotRef 199920E302501
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 7 October 2003
At the same spotRef 200320E203901
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Renault Grand Scenic crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 25 January 2022
6 m awayRef 2022201216517
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Ford Transit crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 2 December 2004
10 m awayRef 200420E225301
Slight
Triumph TR7 crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 30 January 1999
10 m awayRef 199920E029701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
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 200220E026201 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.