M6 crash in Birmingham on 10 January 2001 at 18:30 involving a Fiat Uno
A Fiat Uno and a lorry were involved in a crash on the M6 in Birmingham at 18:30 on Wednesday 10 January 2001. The 34-year-old male driver of the Fiat Uno was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jan 2001
- Wednesday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Uno and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50489, longitude -1.84675, in the B24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nechells, Birmingham, B7 5AU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200120D901201
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2006.
Slight
HGV crash on the M6 in Birmingham, 30 October 2006
At the same spotRef 200620Z040401
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M6 in Birmingham, 15 April 2003
At the same spotRef 200320Z019401
Slight
Ford KA crash on the M6 in Birmingham, 25 January 2006
At the same spotRef 200620Z005101
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the M6 in Birmingham, 11 April 2011
14 m awayRef 201120Z001311
Serious
Nissan Juke crash on the M6 in Birmingham, 2 July 2017
17 m awayRef 2017200206659
Serious
Iveco crash on the M6 in Birmingham, 6 April 2018
17 m awayRef 2018200284320
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)
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 200120D901201 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 2001.