B4127 crash in Birmingham on 7 January 2018 at 04:55 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the B4127 in Birmingham at 04:55 on Sunday 7 January 2018. The 35-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jan 2018
- Sunday, 04:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47333, longitude -1.90457, in the B1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladywood, Birmingham, B15 2BG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200262483
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4127
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 July 2001.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4127 in Birmingham, 16 July 2001
2 m awayRef 200120F255001
Slight
Honda SH 125 crash on the B4127 in Birmingham, 29 July 2021
10 m awayRef 2021201097849
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 7 November 2014
11 m awayRef 201420W508904
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B4127 in Birmingham, 16 November 2000
12 m awayRef 200020F290501
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the B4127 in Birmingham, 28 January 2012
16 m awayRef 201220W008152
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4127 in Birmingham, 5 October 2003
16 m awayRef 200320F266901
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
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 2018200262483 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 2018.