B4142 crash in Birmingham on 20 September 2003 at 14:00 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B4142 in Birmingham at 14:00 on Saturday 20 September 2003. The 52-year-old female driver of the Ford KA, the 31-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 2003
- Saturday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52628, 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
- 200320D332902
- 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
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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 26 February 2011.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 26 February 2011
At the same spotRef 201120N032521
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 14 September 2025
9 m awayRef 2025201641563
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 9 November 1998
10 m awayRef 199820D313801
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 13 September 2003
10 m awayRef 200320D329002
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 7 February 2009
10 m awayRef 200920D047102
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 1 December 2025
10 m awayRef 2025201676356
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 200320D332902 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.