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Serious M6 crash in Birmingham on 22 October 1995 at 06:40 involving a Toyota Hiace van

A Toyota Hiace van and a Land Rover 88 were involved in a crash on the M6 in Birmingham at 06:40 on Sunday 22 October 1995. All five casualties were seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Oct 1995
Sunday, 06:40
Vehicles
2
Toyota Hiace and Land Rover 88
Casualties
5
5 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51304, longitude -1.75535, in the B36 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19952095D9470
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 October 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hiace

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover 88

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,286 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover 88)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover 88)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 19952095D9470 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 1995.