B4138 crash in Birmingham on 24 August 2012 at 09:40 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis hit a pedestrian on the B4138 in Birmingham at 09:40 on Friday 24 August 2012. An 88-year-old female pedestrian 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
- 24 Aug 2012
- Friday, 09:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55249, longitude -1.88463, in the B44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingstanding, Birmingham, B44 0RJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201220W039742
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4138
- 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 1999.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B4138 in Birmingham, 31 January 1999
At the same spotRef 199920D041901
Fatal
Fiat Uno crash on the B4138 in Birmingham, 3 June 2001
10 m awayRef 200120D226502
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B4138 in Birmingham, 15 June 2006
10 m awayRef 200620D181202
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the B4138 in Birmingham, 25 July 2007
10 m awayRef 200720D210602
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 7 April 2006
10 m awayRef 200620D120602
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the B4138 in Birmingham, 5 April 1998
10 m awayRef 199820D092401
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 88, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 201220W039742 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.