B4124 crash in Birmingham on 20 August 2005 at 17:56 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic, a Rover 800 Series and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the B4124 in Birmingham at 17:56 on Saturday 20 August 2005. The 41-year-old male driver of the Rover 800 Series, a 35-year-old female passenger in the Rover 800 Series and a 29-year-old male passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Aug 2005
- Saturday, 17:56
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Civic and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51494, longitude -1.92334, in the B20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, B20 2DU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200520F288403
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4124
- 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2004.
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 3 October 2004
10 m awayRef 200420F250403
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 26 June 2016
29 m awayRef 2016200083142
Slight
Audi Q7 crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 15 August 2010
36 m awayRef 201020W029740
Slight
Vauxhall Agila crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 6 June 2025
54 m awayRef 2025201599328
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 3 September 2025
60 m awayRef 2025201637038
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 14 October 2001
67 m awayRef 200120F332501
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 800 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 800 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 800 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- 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 200520F288403 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.