Serious B4126 crash in Birmingham on 12 August 2003 at 23:25 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the B4126 in Birmingham at 23:25 on Tuesday 12 August 2003. A 59-year-old male pedestrian was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Aug 2003
- Tuesday, 23:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45924, longitude -1.86692, in the B11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East, Birmingham, B11 4AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320E164303
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4126
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 July 2005.
Slight
Car crash on the B4126 in Birmingham, 26 July 2005
At the same spotRef 200520E128603
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 4 June 2018
5 m awayRef 2018200301742
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4126 in Birmingham, 28 November 2006
10 m awayRef 200620E193703
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4126 in Birmingham, 8 March 2002
20 m awayRef 200220E057903
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B4126 in Birmingham, 29 December 2007
20 m awayRef 200720E506103
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B4126 in Birmingham, 22 September 2001
20 m awayRef 200120E225803
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 59, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing in zig-zag approach lines
- 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 200320E164303 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.