B4147 crash in Birmingham on 16 August 2012 at 16:45 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Fiat Bravo were involved in a crash on the B4147 in Birmingham at 16:45 on Thursday 16 August 2012. A 13-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Bravo and a 42-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Bravo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Aug 2012
- Thursday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Fiat Bravo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49153, longitude -1.81145, in the B34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bromford & Hodge Hill, Birmingham, B34 6AE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201220T040012
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4147
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 1989.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 29 March 1989
At the same spotRef 19892000E0622
Serious
Bedford crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 9 December 1991
At the same spotRef 19912091E5382
Serious
Peugeot 305 crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 10 April 1993
At the same spotRef 19932093E0639
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 12 April 1996
At the same spotRef 19962096D1019
Slight
MG Metro crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 12 May 1992
At the same spotRef 19922092E0752
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 16 November 2025
7 m awayRef 2025201669175
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Bravo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Bravo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Bravo)
- 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 201220T040012 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.