Serious unclassified road crash in Birmingham B15 on 21 February 2018 at 20:37 involving a Saab 9-3
A Saab 9-3 and a Seat Ibiza were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 20:37 on Wednesday 21 February 2018. The 29-year-old male driver of the Saab 9-3 and the 24-year-old male driver of the Seat Ibiza were seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Feb 2018
- Wednesday, 20:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Saab 9-3 and Seat Ibiza
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45778, longitude -1.92657, in the B15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3SX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200299849
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2008.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 11 March 2008
6 m awayRef 200820E041201
Slight
Honda Accord crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 10 June 2003
15 m awayRef 200320E120901
Slight
MG ZS crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 17 November 2025
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Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 14 October 2003
23 m awayRef 200320E218601
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 3 October 2001
23 m awayRef 200120E236101
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 22 October 2015
28 m awayRef 201520S057015
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 9-3)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Ibiza)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2018200299849 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.