B4145 crash in Birmingham on 22 December 2017 at 20:00 involving an Audi Q7
An Audi Q7 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B4145 in Birmingham at 20:00 on Friday 22 December 2017. The 22-year-old male driver of the Audi Q7, the 23-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 25-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Audi Q7 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2017
- Friday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi Q7 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47016, longitude -1.85726, in the B10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B9 5PN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200258931
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 2025.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 4 August 2025
1 m awayRef 2025201624733
Slight
Gilera Runner 125 crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 4 December 2002
3 m awayRef 200220D439003
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 22 March 2002
3 m awayRef 200220D109203
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 26 November 2000
3 m awayRef 200020D379603
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 19 January 2012
3 m awayRef 201220T004982
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 4 October 2015
3 m awayRef 201520W054695
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi Q7
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi Q7)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 3: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi Q7)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
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 2017200258931 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.