B4531 crash in Birmingham on 15 February 2023 at 09:04 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a BMW X6 were involved in a crash on the B4531 in Birmingham at 09:04 on Wednesday 15 February 2023. The 52-year-old driver of the BMW X6 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Feb 2023
- Wednesday, 09:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and BMW X6
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52731, longitude -1.84871, in the B23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6TG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023201284513
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4531
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2003.
Slight
Hyundai Lantra crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 9 September 2003
20 m awayRef 200320D327802
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 20 May 1996
49 m awayRef 19962096D1368
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 30 December 2000
55 m awayRef 200020D423402
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4531 in Birmingham, 13 August 2019
59 m awayRef 2019200888678
Serious
Nissan crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 29 May 2000
61 m awayRef 200020D171602
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 22 June 1992
68 m awayRef 19922092D0762
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW X6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightAged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW X6)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2023201284513 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.