B4146 crash in Birmingham on 16 November 2012 at 05:56 involving a Seat Alhambra
A Seat Alhambra, a Ford Fusion and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the B4146 in Birmingham at 05:56 on Friday 16 November 2012. The 85-year-old male driver of the Ford Fusion was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2012
- Friday, 05:56
- Vehicles
- 3
- Seat Alhambra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45542, longitude -1.83014, in the B11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 6JU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201220T054322
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4146
- 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
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4146 in Birmingham, 4 August 2009
14 m awayRef 200920E099403
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B4146 in Birmingham, 23 January 2023
47 m awayRef 2023201278679
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the B4146 in Birmingham, 26 September 2021
55 m awayRef 2021201115991
Serious
Ford Galaxy crash on the B4146 in Birmingham, 12 July 2019
58 m awayRef 2019200869429
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 7 January 1982
63 m awayRef 19822000E0054
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 22 May 2000
64 m awayRef 200020E130401
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Seat Alhambra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 85 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)
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 201220T054322 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.