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Serious unclassified road crash in Birmingham B74 on 3 October 2017 at 15:29 involving a car

A vehicle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 15:29 on Tuesday 3 October 2017. The 11-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Oct 2017
Tuesday, 15:29
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59139, longitude -1.84036, in the B74 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Sutton Coldfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton Four Oaks, Birmingham, B74 4AU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017200228317
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 11, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2017200228317 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.