B4531 crash in Birmingham on 11 March 2017 at 18:07 involving a Volkswagen Polo
Two Volkswagen Polos were involved in a crash on the B4531 in Birmingham at 18:07 on Saturday 11 March 2017. The 28-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Mar 2017
- Saturday, 18:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52813, longitude -1.84338, in the B23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6TG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200207613
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4531
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2016.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 23 January 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200042878
Slight
Vauxhall Antara crash on the B4531 in Birmingham, 25 October 2017
2 m awayRef 2017200237865
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B4531 in Birmingham, 13 May 2022
2 m awayRef 2022201181907
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 26 February 2001
2 m awayRef 200120D126102
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B4531 in Birmingham, 17 August 2008
2 m awayRef 200820D223502
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B4531 in Birmingham, 23 June 2000
2 m awayRef 200020D192302
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- 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 2017200207613 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.