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Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B15 on 12 January 2006 at 01:45 involving a Metrocab Metrocab taxi

A Metrocab Metrocab taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 01:45 on Thursday 12 January 2006. A 25-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jan 2006
Thursday, 01:45
Vehicles
1
Metrocab Metrocab
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45516, longitude -1.92668, in the B15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200620E008901
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Metrocab Metrocab

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    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
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Metrocab Metrocab)

    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 200620E008901 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.