Serious B4147 crash in Birmingham on 20 January 2023 at 13:04 involving an Audi SQ7
A motorcycle and an Audi SQ7 were involved in a crash on the B4147 in Birmingham at 13:04 on Friday 20 January 2023. The 30-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Jan 2023
- Friday, 13:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Audi SQ7
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49203, longitude -1.81044, in the B34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bromford & Hodge Hill, Birmingham, B34 6AE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023201278754
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4147
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 2020.
Slight
Jaguar S Type crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 26 September 2020
11 m awayRef 2020201026963
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 10 September 1999
14 m awayRef 199920D274801
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 27 December 2007
28 m awayRef 200720D505303
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 24 July 2008
28 m awayRef 200820D202403
Serious
Scooter crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 7 May 1985
58 m awayRef 19852000E1231
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4147 in Birmingham, 19 June 1981
58 m awayRef 19812000E1651
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi SQ7
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- 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 2023201278754 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 2023.