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Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B72 on 28 May 2008 at 14:25 involving a Peugeot 207

A Peugeot 207 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 14:25 on Wednesday 28 May 2008. The 37-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 207, the 18-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 May 2008
Wednesday, 14:25
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 207 and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55781, longitude -1.8234, in the B72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Sutton Coldfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton Trinity, Birmingham, B72 1QA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200820D156202
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    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 200820D156202 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.