Serious unclassified road crash in Birmingham B20 on 18 September 2021 at 19:51 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra, a Honda CR-Z and a Nissan Note were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 19:51 on Saturday 18 September 2021. The 45-year-old male driver of the Honda CR-Z was seriously injured and a 35-year-old female passenger in the Honda CR-Z was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Sep 2021
- Saturday, 19:51
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Vectra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50865, longitude -1.90614, in the B20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lozells, Birmingham, B19 1SL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021201101055
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2007.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 30 April 2007
16 m awayRef 200720F096303
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 8 June 2008
38 m awayRef 200820F118803
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 17 December 2024
46 m awayRef 2024201531555
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 3 August 2025
46 m awayRef 2025201624216
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B4137 in Birmingham, 8 December 2000
46 m awayRef 200020F320101
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 23 May 2023
47 m awayRef 2023201323920
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CR-Z
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CR-Z)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CR-Z)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2021201101055 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.