B4144 crash in Birmingham on 4 November 2022 at 19:09 involving a Suzuki SX4
A Suzuki SX4 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B4144 in Birmingham at 19:09 on Friday 4 November 2022. The 51-year-old female driver of the Suzuki SX4 and a 56-year-old male passenger in the Suzuki SX4 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 T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Nov 2022
- Friday, 19:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki SX4 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49849, longitude -1.88633, in the B6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nechells, Birmingham, B6 5TW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022201274297
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4144
- 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
- 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
- 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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 2025.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A38(M) in Birmingham, 17 November 2025
13 m awayRef 2025201669747
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 25 June 2004
14 m awayRef 200420F160903
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the B4144 in Birmingham, 28 November 2010
17 m awayRef 201020W500140
Slight
LDV 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 4 July 2000
17 m awayRef 200020F170001
Slight
Proton Persona crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 11 October 1999
17 m awayRef 199920F247101
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 4 October 2001
17 m awayRef 200120F318701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki SX4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki SX4)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki SX4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022201274297 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.