Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B31 on 29 December 2003 at 14:30 involving a Renault Megane
A taxi and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 14:30 on Monday 29 December 2003. A 33-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2003
- Monday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Taxi and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39629, longitude -1.96132, in the B31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longbridge & West Heath, Birmingham, B31 3PL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200320E509601
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- 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 200320E509601 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.