B4125 crash in Birmingham on 26 December 2017 at 22:46 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the B4125 in Birmingham at 22:46 on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The 21-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2017
- Tuesday, 22:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47244, longitude -1.93728, in the B16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3NB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017200259822
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4125
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2000.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4136 in Birmingham, 5 February 2000
8 m awayRef 200020F043201
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4136 in Birmingham, 18 October 2002
8 m awayRef 200220F297102
Slight
Peugeot Expert crash on the B4125 in Birmingham, 19 September 2022
10 m awayRef 2022201271227
Slight
Car crash on the B4125 in Birmingham, 20 November 2019
13 m awayRef 2019200912800
Slight
Taxi crash on the B4125 in Birmingham, 5 June 2024
16 m awayRef 2024201455140
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the B4125 in Birmingham, 2 December 2019
17 m awayRef 2019200913569
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
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 2017200259822 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.