B4137 crash in Birmingham on 30 April 2018 at 15:30 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a Volkswagen Touran were involved in a crash on the B4137 in Birmingham at 15:30 on Monday 30 April 2018. The 30-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Touran and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Touran were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Apr 2018
- Monday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and Volkswagen Touran
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50346, longitude -1.85799, in the B7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nechells, Birmingham, B7 5QL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200300282
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4137
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2025.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 28 February 2025
3 m awayRef 2025201562719
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 29 June 2016
19 m awayRef 2016200085377
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 17 March 2019
21 m awayRef 2019200828298
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 25 November 2005
34 m awayRef 200520D512001
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 16 February 2023
41 m awayRef 2023201289488
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 29 November 2015
43 m awayRef 2015200035718
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Touran
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Touran)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Touran)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2018200300282 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.