B4128 crash in Birmingham on 31 December 2003 at 18:09 involving a Rover Metro
A Rover Metro hit a pedestrian on the B4128 in Birmingham at 18:09 on Wednesday 31 December 2003. A 1-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2003
- Wednesday, 18:09
- Vehicles
- 1
- Rover Metro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47497, longitude -1.86452, in the B9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B9 4TG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320D502603
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4128
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 June 2016.
Serious
Peugeot 208 crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 23 June 2016
13 m awayRef 2016200090057
Slight
Car crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 21 March 2020
15 m awayRef 2020200948979
Serious
Car crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 21 April 2002
20 m awayRef 200220D162103
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 20 December 2018
34 m awayRef 2018200824428
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 25 January 2009
36 m awayRef 200920D031603
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 14 March 2003
41 m awayRef 200320D103403
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Rover Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 1, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 200320D502603 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.