B4145 crash in Birmingham on 5 May 2018 at 16:45 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the B4145 in Birmingham at 16:45 on Saturday 5 May 2018. The 24-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class 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
- 5 May 2018
- Saturday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47669, longitude -1.85664, in the B9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B9 5PN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200314271
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4128
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2022.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 9 September 2022
1 m awayRef 2022201271445
Serious
Mercedes AMG Class crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 24 September 2025
1 m awayRef 2025201646138
Slight
Chrysler PT Cruiser crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 22 December 2017
2 m awayRef 2017200258827
Serious
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 25 April 2022
2 m awayRef 2022201256777
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 19 June 2016
2 m awayRef 2016200081010
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 13 December 2020
4 m awayRef 2020201015313
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,950 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
- 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 2018200314271 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.