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Serious A5127 crash in Birmingham on 18 January 2016 at 06:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A5127 in Birmingham at 06:15 on Monday 18 January 2016. The 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Jan 2016
Monday, 06:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5036, longitude -1.87247, in the B6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nechells, Birmingham, B6 5TW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016200048555
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5127
Road type
Dual 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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: 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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

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 2016200048555 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 2016.