B4121 crash in Birmingham on 27 February 2025 at 18:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Puma were involved in a crash on the B4121 in Birmingham at 18:30 on Thursday 27 February 2025. The 36-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Thursday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Puma
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41521, longitude -1.94891, in the B30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bournville & Cotteridge, Birmingham, B30 1BH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201559907
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4121
- Road type
- Single 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 June 2019.
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 17 June 2019
2 m awayRef 2019200853244
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 2 January 1998
2 m awayRef 199820E004201
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 5 September 2009
2 m awayRef 200920E132001
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 2 September 2022
6 m awayRef 2022201251842
Slight
Volvo crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 17 August 2003
8 m awayRef 200320E180301
Slight
Van crash on the B4121 in Birmingham, 17 June 1999
8 m awayRef 199920E152201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Puma
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2025201559907 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 2025.