B4284 crash in Birmingham on 14 August 2018 at 18:30 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and an Audi Q3 were involved in a crash on the B4284 in Birmingham at 18:30 on Tuesday 14 August 2018. The 42-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Aug 2018
- Tuesday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Audi Q3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47203, longitude -1.9191, in the B16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladywood, Birmingham, B15 1BF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200348655
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4284
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2017.
Slight
BMW X3 crash on the B4284 in Birmingham, 12 June 2017
6 m awayRef 2017200202113
Slight
Car crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 6 September 1983
14 m awayRef 19832000F1367
Slight
Car crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 21 September 1981
14 m awayRef 19812000C1771
Slight
MG Metro crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 10 July 1996
14 m awayRef 19962096F1464
Serious
Fiat Uno crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 15 June 1990
14 m awayRef 19902000C0951
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 25 August 1996
14 m awayRef 19962096F1755
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi Q3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018200348655 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.