Serious A34 crash in Birmingham on 6 June 2018 at 07:52 involving a BMW 2 Series
A BMW 2 Series and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A34 in Birmingham at 07:52 on Wednesday 6 June 2018. The 34-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Jun 2018
- Wednesday, 07:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 2 Series and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50242, longitude -1.89824, in the B6 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200300619
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2016.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 22 November 2016
2 m awayRef 2016200136302
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4144 in Birmingham, 9 November 2016
3 m awayRef 2016200126848
Fatal
Mitsubishi Lancer crash on the B4144 in Birmingham, 28 October 2024
4 m awayRef 2024201509710
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 15 February 2022
4 m awayRef 2022201165219
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the A34 in Birmingham, 24 January 2004
6 m awayRef 200420F036301
Slight
Daewoo Nexia crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 1 October 1998
6 m awayRef 199820D266201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 2 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2018200300619 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.