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A45 crash in Birmingham on 24 July 2003 at 23:00 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A car and a Carbodies Taxi were involved in a crash on the A45 in Birmingham at 23:00 on Thursday 24 July 2003. The 34-year-old male driver of the Carbodies Taxi, a 41-year-old male passenger in the Carbodies Taxi and a 40-year-old male passenger in the Carbodies Taxi were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jul 2003
Thursday, 23:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Carbodies Taxi
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45771, longitude -1.79731, in the B26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lyndon, Solihull, B92 7QB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320D266903
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
45
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back

  • Vehicle 2: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Carbodies Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Carbodies Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Carbodies Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200320D266903 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 2003.