B4147 crash in Birmingham on 24 January 2003 at 08:03 involving a Mazda Xedos
A Mazda Xedos and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B4147 in Birmingham at 08:03 on Friday 24 January 2003. The 53-year-old male driver of the Mazda Xedos and the 37-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jan 2003
- Friday, 08:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda Xedos and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49324, longitude -1.80835, in the B34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bromford & Hodge Hill, Birmingham, B34 6AE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320D042603
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4147
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2009.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 25 June 2009
10 m awayRef 200920D160503
Slight
Car crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 28 January 2003
14 m awayRef 200320D046903
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 8 August 2005
14 m awayRef 200520D230903
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 24 June 1995
14 m awayRef 19952095D1644
Serious
Car crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 18 September 1983
14 m awayRef 19832000E2581
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 19 May 1991
14 m awayRef 19912091E0844
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda Xedos
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda Xedos)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 200320D042603 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 2003.