B4126 crash in Birmingham on 17 February 2021 at 06:49 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Toyota Yaris and a Peugeot Bipper van were involved in a crash on the B4126 in Birmingham at 06:49 on Wednesday 17 February 2021. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2021
- Wednesday, 06:49
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4592, longitude -1.86785, in the B11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East, Birmingham, B11 4AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021201029976
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4126
- 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
- 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
- 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 12 April 2003.
Slight
Car crash on the B4126 in Birmingham, 12 April 2003
4 m awayRef 200320E084303
Serious
Toyota Carina crash on the B4126 in Birmingham, 20 January 2006
6 m awayRef 200620E013503
Serious
Toyota Carina crash on the B4126 in Birmingham, 30 June 2008
14 m awayRef 200820E090103
Slight
Car crash on the B4126 in Birmingham, 5 October 2005
16 m awayRef 200520E182403
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 3 June 2015
16 m awayRef 201520T032535
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B4126 in Birmingham, 22 June 2006
16 m awayRef 200620E096203
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Peugeot Bipper
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2021201029976 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 2021.