A456 crash in Birmingham on 28 August 2018 at 15:52 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A car and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A456 in Birmingham at 15:52 on Tuesday 28 August 2018. All four casualties were 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
- 28 Aug 2018
- Tuesday, 15:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47164, longitude -1.94311, in the B16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3NB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200333941
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 456
- 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
- 4129
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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 2 March 2002.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 2 March 2002
3 m awayRef 200220F132402
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 19 August 2006
3 m awayRef 200620F175602
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 9 October 1999
3 m awayRef 199920F246201
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 13 April 2001
3 m awayRef 200120F158601
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 22 December 1998
3 m awayRef 199820F274501
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 27 February 2022
4 m awayRef 2022201175966
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2018200333941 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.