B4137 crash in Birmingham on 20 June 2017 at 21:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4137 in Birmingham at 21:20 on Tuesday 20 June 2017. A 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jun 2017
- Tuesday, 21:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50619, longitude -1.8636, in the B7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gravelly Hill, Birmingham, B23 7JY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200205220
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4137
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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 slight injury crash on 7 May 2016.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 7 May 2016
3 m awayRef 2016200069785
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 8 December 2003
5 m awayRef 200320D428701
Serious
Renault Trafic crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 7 April 2022
7 m awayRef 2022201181861
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 26 January 2010
9 m awayRef 201020D036011
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 17 December 2008
9 m awayRef 200820D340401
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 11 April 2015
9 m awayRef 201520W031365
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2017200205220 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.