B4124 crash in Birmingham on 29 October 2017 at 12:13 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Vauxhall Corsa van were involved in a crash on the B4124 in Birmingham at 12:13 on Sunday 29 October 2017. The 45-year-old female driver of the Mercedes E Class and the 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Oct 2017
- Sunday, 12:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46134, longitude -1.94292, in the B17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9QE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200240137
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4124
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 4129
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 9 November 2021.
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 9 November 2021
1 m awayRef 2021201125125
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4129 in Birmingham, 27 September 2016
2 m awayRef 2016200114225
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 1 March 2019
4 m awayRef 2019200839334
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B4284 in Birmingham, 19 April 2003
5 m awayRef 200320F100002
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4284 in Birmingham, 13 May 2000
5 m awayRef 200020F119701
Slight
Honda Legend crash on the B4284 in Birmingham, 15 January 1998
5 m awayRef 199820F011001
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2017200240137 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.