B4121 crash in Birmingham on 26 January 2024 at 11:49 involving a Kia Rio
A Kia Rio and a Suzuki Alto were involved in a crash on the B4121 in Birmingham at 11:49 on Friday 26 January 2024. The 39-year-old male driver of the Kia Rio and the 76-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Alto were 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
- 26 Jan 2024
- Friday, 11:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Rio and Suzuki Alto
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45482, longitude -1.98077, in the B32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2SA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024201458635
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4121
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2000.
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 30 October 2000
6 m awayRef 200020F267601
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 25 May 1996
6 m awayRef 19962096F1095
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 8 January 1999
6 m awayRef 199920F012801
Slight
Renault Master crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 16 March 2013
8 m awayRef 201320S013323
Serious
Rover 100 Series crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 29 September 1999
15 m awayRef 199920F234101
Serious
Ford Granada crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 8 September 2000
15 m awayRef 200020F226801
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Rio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Alto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Rio)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Alto)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2024201458635 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.