Serious B4148 crash in Birmingham on 8 February 2017 at 12:55 involving a Lexus IS200
A Lexus IS200 hit a pedestrian on the B4148 in Birmingham at 12:55 on Wednesday 8 February 2017. A 17-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Feb 2017
- Wednesday, 12:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Lexus IS200
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52078, longitude -1.81081, in the B24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pype Hayes, Birmingham, B24 9PZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200158074
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4148
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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 27 May 2016.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 27 May 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200075729
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 18 October 2012
4 m awayRef 201220N058302
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 15 December 2012
4 m awayRef 201220N503382
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 24 March 2003
10 m awayRef 200320D117001
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 5 March 2014
11 m awayRef 201420N013204
Slight
Vauxhall Signum crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 24 December 2013
11 m awayRef 201320N501383
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Lexus IS200
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Lexus IS200)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- 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 2017200158074 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 2017.