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Unclassified road crash in Birmingham B9 on 14 October 2008 at 22:30 involving a Toyota Carina taxi

A car and a Toyota Carina taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 22:30 on Tuesday 14 October 2008. The 38-year-old male driver of the Toyota Carina taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Oct 2008
Tuesday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Toyota Carina
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47623, longitude -1.86393, in the B9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B9 4TG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200820D272403
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
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

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 200820D272403 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 2008.