Serious B4137 crash in Birmingham on 31 January 2005 at 13:38 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4137 in Birmingham at 13:38 on Monday 31 January 2005. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one 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
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Jan 2005
- Monday, 13:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 4
- 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50636, longitude -1.87297, in the B6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aston, Birmingham, B6 7DF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200520D037201
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4137
- 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2012.
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 6 August 2012
10 m awayRef 201220W037032
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 21 October 2006
10 m awayRef 200620D291901
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 5 August 2015
10 m awayRef 201520W046285
Slight
LDV 400 Series crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 10 August 2005
10 m awayRef 200520D263401
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 28 May 2021
13 m awayRef 2021201065537
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 27 January 2001
20 m awayRef 200120D087601
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,119 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200520D037201 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 2005.