B4515 crash in Birmingham on 21 April 2018 at 11:43 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4515 in Birmingham at 11:43 on Saturday 21 April 2018. The 39-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Apr 2018
- Saturday, 11:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and Kawasaki ZX636
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50152, longitude -1.90275, in the B19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lozells, Birmingham, B19 1SL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200297144
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4515
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2023.
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the B4515 in Birmingham, 21 February 2023
4 m awayRef 2023201284012
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4515 in Birmingham, 5 March 2010
4 m awayRef 201020F044213
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 19 November 1985
6 m awayRef 19852000F1784
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 20 May 1990
6 m awayRef 19902000C0794
Slight
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 17 November 1982
6 m awayRef 19822000F1721
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 21 April 1991
6 m awayRef 19912091C0528
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX636
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 636 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX636)
- 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 2018200297144 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.