B4128 crash in Birmingham on 31 May 2015 at 17:21 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B4128 in Birmingham at 17:21 on Sunday 31 May 2015. The 22-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 May 2015
- Sunday, 17:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4767, longitude -1.8567, in the B9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B9 5PN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201520W034125
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4128
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4145
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 2009.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 17 November 2009
At the same spotRef 200920D289301
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 1 May 2001
At the same spotRef 200120D196603
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 25 May 2008
At the same spotRef 200820D159303
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 7 January 2003
At the same spotRef 200320D020603
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 22 March 2007
At the same spotRef 200720D099803
Slight
Scania crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 3 May 2014
At the same spotRef 201420W023344
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
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 201520W034125 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 2015.