A4400 crash in Birmingham on 7 December 2005 at 21:40 involving a Renault Laguna taxi
A Renault Laguna taxi and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A4400 in Birmingham at 21:40 on Wednesday 7 December 2005. The 32-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 2005
- Wednesday, 21:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47933, longitude -1.90559, in the B3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladywood, Birmingham, B2 4DH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200520F298901
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4400
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 2007.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 12 December 2007
10 m awayRef 200720F260501
Slight
Alfa Romeo GTV crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 8 March 2001
10 m awayRef 200120F123701
Slight
Car crash on the A6512 in Birmingham, 14 April 1988
32 m awayRef 19882000F0263
Slight
Leyland crash on the A6512 in Birmingham, 12 July 1993
32 m awayRef 19932093F0529
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A4400 in Birmingham, 8 April 1995
32 m awayRef 19952095F0743
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A6512 in Birmingham, 16 March 1993
32 m awayRef 19932093F0215
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,188 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 200520F298901 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 2005.