A38 crash in Birmingham on 3 September 2012 at 14:15 involving a Honda XR125L motorcycle
A Honda XR125L motorcycle and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on the A38 in Birmingham at 14:15 on Monday 3 September 2012. The 38-year-old male rider of the Honda XR125L motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Sep 2012
- Monday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda XR125L and Citroen C4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51645, longitude -1.81768, in the B24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201220N057692
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 1998.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4097 in Birmingham, 9 December 1998
10 m awayRef 199820D343201
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A38 in Birmingham, 17 December 2025
11 m awayRef 2025201684865
Slight
Gilera Dna 50 crash on the A4097 in Birmingham, 27 August 2004
28 m awayRef 200420D291001
Slight
Car crash on the A4097 in Birmingham, 8 January 2001
32 m awayRef 200120D069501
Slight
Daimler Sovereign crash on the A4097 in Birmingham, 20 May 2000
41 m awayRef 200020D156001
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A4097 in Birmingham, 22 February 2003
41 m awayRef 200320D077701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda XR125L
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C4
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda XR125L)
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 201220N057692 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 2012.