B4531 crash in Birmingham on 2 October 2020 at 21:24 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the B4531 in Birmingham at 21:24 on Friday 2 October 2020. The 24-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 2020
- Friday, 21:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52822, longitude -1.84158, 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
- 2020201001895
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4531
- 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
- 4531
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 4 October 2016.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 4 October 2016
4 m awayRef 2016200123241
Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 17 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025201669441
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 15 March 2017
4 m awayRef 2017200169170
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B4531 in Birmingham, 2 July 2019
5 m awayRef 2019200883093
Serious
Mercedes Vito crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 16 September 2024
5 m awayRef 2024201492463
Slight
Honda FR-V crash on the B4142 in Birmingham, 3 July 2016
6 m awayRef 2016200086059
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- 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 2020201001895 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 2020.