B4124 crash in Birmingham on 26 February 2018 at 05:33 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a BMW 4 Series were involved in a crash on the B4124 in Birmingham at 05:33 on Monday 26 February 2018. The 49-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and a 48-year-old male passenger in the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Feb 2018
- Monday, 05:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and BMW 4 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51565, longitude -1.92396, in the B20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, B20 2DU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200274242
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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 23 November 2020.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 23 November 2020
1 m awayRef 2020201019342
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 11 March 2005
5 m awayRef 200520F068103
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 15 March 2012
7 m awayRef 201220W014732
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 22 May 2006
7 m awayRef 200620F120703
Slight
Leyland National crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 30 June 2000
7 m awayRef 200020F166601
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4124 in Birmingham, 4 November 2001
7 m awayRef 200120F355001
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 4 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,979 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 2018200274242 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.