A41 crash in Birmingham on 17 April 2004 at 01:26 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo and a London Taxis Int. TX1 were involved in a crash on the A41 in Birmingham at 01:26 on Saturday 17 April 2004. A 46-year-old male passenger in the London Taxis Int. TX1 and a female passenger in the London Taxis Int. TX1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Apr 2004
- Saturday, 01:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Saxo and London Taxis Int. TX1
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47022, longitude -1.87867, in the B12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B10 0BW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200420F101201
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Dual 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 2016.
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Sport crash on the B4100 in Birmingham, 8 October 2016
7 m awayRef 2016200117778
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4100 in Birmingham, 28 December 2016
38 m awayRef 2016200147198
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A4540 in Birmingham, 22 December 2015
38 m awayRef 2015200037567
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B4100 in Birmingham, 5 July 2017
40 m awayRef 2017200207326
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 1 September 1998
41 m awayRef 199820F181201
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 11 April 2002
41 m awayRef 200220F124501
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. TX1
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 46, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. TX1)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. TX1)
- 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 200420F101201 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 2004.