A4123 crash in Birmingham on 31 December 2005 at 18:40 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Birmingham at 18:40 on Saturday 31 December 2005. The 31-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2005
- Saturday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46471, longitude -1.98466, in the B32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200520F526102
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4123
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 April 2009.
Serious
Citroen C3 crash on the A4123 in Birmingham, 19 April 2009
10 m awayRef 200920F070502
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4123 in Birmingham, 27 November 2008
10 m awayRef 200820F242502
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4123 in Birmingham, 1 May 2022
11 m awayRef 2022201187529
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4123 in Birmingham, 21 June 2023
22 m awayRef 2023201340142
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A4123 in Birmingham, 10 November 2003
28 m awayRef 200320F303303
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4123 in Birmingham, 28 April 2018
34 m awayRef 2018200298285
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
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 200520F526102 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.