A5127 crash in Birmingham on 10 December 2018 at 18:45 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius, a Suzuki Swift and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A5127 in Birmingham at 18:45 on Monday 10 December 2018. The 34-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2018
- Monday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Prius and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52081, longitude -1.84565, in the B23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6TG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018200812925
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 slight injury crash on 18 September 1999.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 18 September 1999
4 m awayRef 199920D269201
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 18 August 2007
6 m awayRef 200720D230001
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 29 September 2008
19 m awayRef 200820D254701
Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on the A4127 in Birmingham, 20 April 2018
44 m awayRef 2018200300329
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 19 January 2005
45 m awayRef 200520D029101
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A5127 in Birmingham, 1 January 1999
53 m awayRef 199920D009501
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,791 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
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 2018200812925 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.