B4128 crash in Birmingham on 29 March 2008 at 23:18 involving a Nissan
A Nissan and a Peugeot 406 taxi were involved in a crash on the B4128 in Birmingham at 23:18 on Saturday 29 March 2008. The 22-year-old male driver of the Nissan and the 48-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406 taxi were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Mar 2008
- Saturday, 23:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan and Peugeot 406
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47819, longitude -1.84419, in the B9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 3AG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820D113103
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2020.
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 9 June 2020
5 m awayRef 2020200958914
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 5 September 2003
10 m awayRef 200320D317503
Slight
Taxi crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 13 June 2015
10 m awayRef 201520W038265
Slight
Dennis crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 3 February 2010
10 m awayRef 201020D035713
Slight
Gilera Runner crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 12 February 2006
10 m awayRef 200620D046203
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 12 January 2000
10 m awayRef 200020D018401
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)
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 200820D113103 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 2008.