B4149 crash in Birmingham on 21 August 2008 at 18:18 involving a Citroen Xsara
A car and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the B4149 in Birmingham at 18:18 on Thursday 21 August 2008. The 49-year-old female driver of the Citroen Xsara was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Aug 2008
- Thursday, 18:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55411, longitude -1.88979, in the B44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oscott, Birmingham, B44 9LS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820D232702
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4149
- 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
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 July 2006.
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on the B4149 in Birmingham, 26 July 2006
32 m awayRef 200620D204802
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the B4149 in Birmingham, 7 October 2019
41 m awayRef 2019200887769
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4149 in Birmingham, 2 January 2020
47 m awayRef 2020200927478
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4149 in Birmingham, 14 February 1998
54 m awayRef 199820D045201
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 27 May 2006
54 m awayRef 200620D164102
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4149 in Birmingham, 26 January 2017
74 m awayRef 2017200153436
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
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 200820D232702 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.