B4148 crash in Birmingham on 27 March 2023 at 18:00 involving a Mercedes GLC Class
A Mercedes GLC Class crashed on the B4148 in Birmingham at 18:00 on Monday 27 March 2023. The 30-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Mar 2023
- Monday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes GLC Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52089, longitude -1.81065, in the B24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pype Hayes, Birmingham, B24 9PZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023201298779
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4148
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2000.
Slight
Car crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 13 December 2000
5 m awayRef 200020D408101
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 1 April 2004
5 m awayRef 200420D122401
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 9 March 2008
5 m awayRef 200820D081701
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 20 February 1998
5 m awayRef 199820D050201
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 26 January 1998
13 m awayRef 199820D030201
Serious
Lexus IS200 crash on the B4148 in Birmingham, 8 February 2017
17 m awayRef 2017200158074
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes GLC Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes GLC Class)
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 2023201298779 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.