B4142 crash in Birmingham on 13 September 2003 at 12:33 involving a Rover Metro
A Rover Metro, a Rover 200 Series and a Nissan Almera were involved in a crash on the B4142 in Birmingham at 12:33 on Saturday 13 September 2003. The 45-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series was 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
- 13 Sep 2003
- Saturday, 12:33
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover Metro and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52619, longitude -1.84284, in the B23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6TG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320D329002
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4142
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 1998.
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 9 November 1998
At the same spotRef 199820D313801
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 1 December 2025
5 m awayRef 2025201676356
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 14 September 2025
10 m awayRef 2025201641563
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 26 February 2011
10 m awayRef 201120N032521
Slight
Car crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 30 August 2013
10 m awayRef 201320N043903
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 20 September 2003
10 m awayRef 200320D332902
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
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 200320D329002 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.