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Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B9 on 1 February 2003 at 01:05 involving a Honda Accord

A Honda Accord and a Volkswagen Vento were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 01:05 on Saturday 1 February 2003. The 26-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Vento and a 26-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Vento were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Feb 2003
Saturday, 01:05
Vehicles
2
Honda Accord and Volkswagen Vento
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47513, longitude -1.84538, in the B9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B9 5PN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320D055303
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Snowing, 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 31 January 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Accord

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Vento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Vento)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Vento)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200320D055303 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.