A4123 crash in Birmingham on 7 May 2022 at 14:07 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Yamaha YZF motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4123 in Birmingham at 14:07 on Saturday 7 May 2022. The 40-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2022
- Saturday, 14:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Yamaha YZF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45999, longitude -1.97046, in the B17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Quinton, Birmingham, B17 8AU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022201183645
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4123
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2025.
Slight
Ford Tourneo crash on the A4123 in Birmingham, 12 August 2025
8 m awayRef 2025201628741
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4123 in Birmingham, 30 September 2010
16 m awayRef 201020S046200
Slight
Mitsubishi Galant crash on the A4123 in Birmingham, 17 December 1999
16 m awayRef 199920F326701
Slight
Ford crash on the A4123 in Birmingham, 3 February 2005
16 m awayRef 200520F045402
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4123 in Birmingham, 2 November 2009
16 m awayRef 200920F198402
Serious
Bus crash on the A4123 in Birmingham, 13 October 2011
29 m awayRef 201120S053261
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 40, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2022201183645 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 2022.