B4217 crash in Birmingham on 11 January 2008 at 19:34 involving a Ford
A Ford and a Citroen C2 were involved in a crash on the B4217 in Birmingham at 19:34 on Friday 11 January 2008. The 24-year-old male driver of the Citroen C2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jan 2008
- Friday, 19:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford and Citroen C2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44343, longitude -1.87697, in the B13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820E009103
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4217
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 22 September 2017
2 m awayRef 2017200229838
Slight
Peugeot 3008 crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 26 June 2021
11 m awayRef 2021201084158
Slight
Lexus IS220 crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 8 May 2009
22 m awayRef 200920E058003
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 24 November 2014
32 m awayRef 201420T060194
Serious
Nissan Juke crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 28 April 2023
38 m awayRef 2023201314936
Slight
Car crash on the B4217 in Birmingham, 15 September 1983
57 m awayRef 19832000B2602
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C2)
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 200820E009103 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.