B4121 crash in Birmingham on 6 February 2008 at 14:37 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift, a Peugeot 206 and an LDV 400 Series van were involved in a crash on the B4121 in Birmingham at 14:37 on Wednesday 6 February 2008. A female passenger in the Suzuki Swift was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Feb 2008
- Wednesday, 14:37
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki Swift and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41355, longitude -1.96101, in the B31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Northfield, Birmingham, B31 2PJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200820E032901
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4121
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2002.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 1 May 2002
At the same spotRef 200220E088101
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 27 November 2003
At the same spotRef 200320E235401
Slight
Fiat Stilo crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 10 December 2010
At the same spotRef 201020S501590
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 29 August 2012
At the same spotRef 201220S047252
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 27 April 2008
At the same spotRef 200820E062401
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 20 January 1998
At the same spotRef 199820E022601
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: LDV 400 Series
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- 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 200820E032901 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.