Serious B4149 crash in Birmingham on 26 July 2006 at 06:39 involving a Rover 400 Series
A Rover 400 Series and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B4149 in Birmingham at 06:39 on Wednesday 26 July 2006. A 37-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Rover 400 Series was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Jul 2006
- Wednesday, 06:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 400 Series and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.55402, longitude -1.88935, in the B44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingstanding, Birmingham, B44 0RJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200620D204802
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4149
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 2020.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4149 in Birmingham, 2 January 2020
17 m awayRef 2020200927478
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham, 27 May 2006
22 m awayRef 200620D164102
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4149 in Birmingham, 14 February 1998
22 m awayRef 199820D045201
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B4149 in Birmingham, 21 August 2008
32 m awayRef 200820D232702
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the B4149 in Birmingham, 7 October 2019
72 m awayRef 2019200887769
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4149 in Birmingham, 26 January 2017
105 m awayRef 2017200153436
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 200620D204802 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 2006.