Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B18 on 19 February 2012 at 19:59 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A car and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 19:59 on Sunday 19 February 2012. A 27-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra and a 37-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Feb 2012
- Sunday, 19:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49859, longitude -1.9378, in the B18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Soho & Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B21 9SU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201220W010022
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4040
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2001.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 13 November 2001
At the same spotRef 200120F359301
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 2 April 2004
At the same spotRef 200420F087003
Serious
Suzuki Liana crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 2 July 2014
At the same spotRef 201420W039904
Slight
Toyota Hiace crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 19 January 1999
At the same spotRef 199920F022101
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 1 July 2000
At the same spotRef 200020F163201
Slight
Mazda Xedos crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 26 March 2004
At the same spotRef 200420F085003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 201220W010022 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.