B4128 crash in Birmingham on 26 October 2018 at 17:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Kuga were involved in a crash on the B4128 in Birmingham at 17:20 on Friday 26 October 2018. The 49-year-old female driver of the Ford Kuga and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Ford Kuga were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 2018
- Friday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Kuga
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47606, longitude -1.86098, in the B9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B9 4TG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200350705
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4128
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 September 2016.
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 25 September 2016
4 m awayRef 2016200111920
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 23 June 2014
4 m awayRef 201420W035434
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 10 May 2019
4 m awayRef 2019200845550
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 29 April 2003
4 m awayRef 200320D177503
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 6 August 2015
4 m awayRef 201520W046115
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the B4128 in Birmingham, 5 April 2011
4 m awayRef 201120W018511
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South 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
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Kuga)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Kuga)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018200350705 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.