Serious A5127 crash in Birmingham on 8 August 2018 at 11:00 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A5127 in Birmingham at 11:00 on Wednesday 8 August 2018. The 67-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Aug 2018
- Wednesday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58772, longitude -1.82999, in the B75 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Sutton Coldfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton Mere Green, Birmingham, B74 2UG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200323504
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5127
- 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
- Fog or mist
- 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, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 December 2012.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 23 December 2012
12 m awayRef 201220N503932
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 8 March 2015
15 m awayRef 201520N015855
Slight
Daewoo Matiz crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 27 September 2000
15 m awayRef 200020D295302
Slight
Toyota crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 20 February 2012
15 m awayRef 201220N010782
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 13 December 2014
15 m awayRef 201420N500884
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 19 August 2002
15 m awayRef 200220D307002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 67 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 67, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018200323504 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.