B4145 crash in Birmingham on 4 May 2018 at 21:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the B4145 in Birmingham at 21:30 on Friday 4 May 2018. A 16-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Punto and the 35-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 May 2018
- Friday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46421, longitude -1.85958, in the B11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0EQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200294589
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 45
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 2019.
Slight
Vauxhall Crossland crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 31 July 2019
2 m awayRef 2019200885925
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 19 November 2020
2 m awayRef 2020201019021
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 31 August 2017
2 m awayRef 2017200222921
Slight
Car crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 12 July 2018
2 m awayRef 2018200339080
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 21 January 2018
3 m awayRef 2018200262369
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 14 July 2014
4 m awayRef 201420T037334
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018200294589 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.