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Serious A4123 crash in Birmingham on 22 August 2002 at 17:44 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 hit two pedestrians on the A4123 in Birmingham at 17:44 on Thursday 22 August 2002. A 26-year-old female pedestrian and a 3-year-old male pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Aug 2002
Thursday, 17:44
Vehicles
1
Volvo 340
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45985, longitude -1.9698, in the B17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Quinton, Birmingham, B17 8AU area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200220F235702
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4123
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 200220F235702 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.