B4145 crash in Birmingham on 20 April 2017 at 07:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the B4145 in Birmingham at 07:00 on Thursday 20 April 2017. The 31-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2017
- Thursday, 07:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48791, longitude -1.86214, in the B8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nechells, Birmingham, B7 4QF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200184989
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4145
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 July 2017.
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 11 July 2017
3 m awayRef 2017200205138
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 2 December 2024
5 m awayRef 2024201524550
Slight
Ford Capri crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 10 December 1999
6 m awayRef 199920D369701
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 28 January 2015
6 m awayRef 201520T008055
Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 30 December 2020
9 m awayRef 2020201012862
Serious
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 7 July 2003
9 m awayRef 200320D237701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Gas bi-fuel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
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 2017200184989 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.