B4145 crash in Birmingham on 2 May 2016 at 03:20 involving a BMW 1 Series
A taxi and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the B4145 in Birmingham at 03:20 on Monday 2 May 2016. A 26-year-old female passenger in the taxi was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2016
- Monday, 03:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Taxi and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45995, longitude -1.86072, in the B11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East, Birmingham, B11 4AB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016200067783
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4145
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4126
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 2004.
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 19 October 2004
1 m awayRef 200420E190303
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4126 in Birmingham, 13 November 2024
1 m awayRef 2024201516293
Serious
Mercedes crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 10 March 2022
1 m awayRef 2022201172148
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 18 February 2009
1 m awayRef 200920E028203
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 13 April 2009
1 m awayRef 200920E045703
Slight
Car crash on the B4145 in Birmingham, 24 March 2000
1 m awayRef 200020E079701
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 2016200067783 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 2016.