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Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B26 on 22 December 2018 at 17:06 involving a Renault Trafic van

A car and a Renault Trafic van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 17:06 on Saturday 22 December 2018. The 37-year-old male driver of the Renault Trafic van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 2018
Saturday, 17:06
Vehicles
2
Car and Renault Trafic
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45829, longitude -1.8013, in the B26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lyndon, Solihull, B92 7QB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018200820540
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: 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

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2018200820540 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.