B4135 crash in Birmingham on 25 January 2022 at 20:22 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B4135 in Birmingham at 20:22 on Tuesday 25 January 2022. The 22-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 27-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jan 2022
- Tuesday, 20:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48843, longitude -1.93804, in the B18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Edgbaston, Birmingham, B18 4ED area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022201216726
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4135
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 4040
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 20 May 2018.
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 20 May 2018
1 m awayRef 2018200303094
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the B4135 in Birmingham, 22 December 2015
3 m awayRef 2015200038455
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 5 September 2021
3 m awayRef 2021201132014
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4040 in Birmingham, 31 August 2025
4 m awayRef 2025201635523
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 23 January 1998
5 m awayRef 199820F024401
Slight
Nissan Cabstar crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 9 January 1998
5 m awayRef 199820F009101
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2022201216726 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.