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Serious unclassified road crash in Birmingham B12 on 17 May 2024 at 12:47 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra crashed on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 12:47 on Friday 17 May 2024. A 17-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and a 17-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 May 2024
Friday, 12:47
Vehicles
1
Nissan Micra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45798, longitude -1.89395, in the B12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8AL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024201444443
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,240 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Very serious

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

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 2024201444443 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 2024.