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B4516 crash in Birmingham on 9 March 2012 at 08:43 involving a Volkswagen Polo

Two Volkswagen Polos and a car were involved in a crash on the B4516 in Birmingham at 08:43 on Friday 9 March 2012. The 21-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Mar 2012
Friday, 08:43
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Polo and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4853, longitude -1.85477, in the B8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 1RZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201220T025662
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4516
Road type
One way street
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 18 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 201220T025662 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.