A456 crash in Birmingham on 20 November 2006 at 19:20 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1
A car and a London Taxis Int. TX1 were involved in a crash on the A456 in Birmingham at 19:20 on Monday 20 November 2006. The 50-year-old male driver of the London Taxis Int. TX1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Nov 2006
- Monday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and London Taxis Int. TX1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47547, longitude -1.91384, in the B15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladywood, Birmingham, B15 1BF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200620F255801
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 456
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 2002.
Slight
Car crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 3 February 2002
At the same spotRef 200220F214101
Slight
Car crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 19 February 2002
At the same spotRef 200220F059101
Slight
Volkswagen Corrado crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 4 February 2006
At the same spotRef 200620F028501
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 5 October 2003
At the same spotRef 200320F270201
Slight
Volvo crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 28 January 2005
At the same spotRef 200520F026601
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A456 in Birmingham, 26 February 2005
At the same spotRef 200520F055901
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. TX1
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. TX1)
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 200620F255801 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.