B4516 crash in Birmingham on 6 July 2024 at 17:49 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A car and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B4516 in Birmingham at 17:49 on Saturday 6 July 2024. The 38-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2024
- Saturday, 17:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49097, longitude -1.85062, in the B8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 1RZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024201466725
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4516
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 2023.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4516 in Birmingham, 27 June 2023
1 m awayRef 2023201344549
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the B4516 in Birmingham, 26 July 2008
2 m awayRef 200820D206101
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the B4516 in Birmingham, 19 October 2005
2 m awayRef 200520D326601
Slight
MG ZR crash on the B4516 in Birmingham, 26 February 2007
2 m awayRef 200720D058801
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 15 April 2000
2 m awayRef 200020D128101
Slight
Fiat Stilo crash on the B4516 in Birmingham, 2 November 2014
2 m awayRef 201420T052684
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,696 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2024201466725 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.