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Imtiaz Mohammed

Ref: 2018-0170 Date: 1 Jun 2018 Coroner: Louise Hunt Area: Birmingham and Solihull 1 response identified · 2 indexed addressees View PDF

AI-generated concerns summaryThe coroner noted the absence of a system to monitor West Midlands taxi drivers for driving over drug limits, which police identified as necessary for passenger safety.

Date 1 Jun 2018

56-day deadline 2 Sep 2018 est. estimated from the Judiciary.uk publication date

Responses identified 1 of 2

Road (Highways Safety) related deaths

Coroner's concerns

AI summary

The coroner noted the absence of a system to monitor West Midlands taxi drivers for driving over drug limits, which police identified as necessary for passenger safety.

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Toxicology was obtained for the deceased who was driving the Taxi involved in the collision. This confirmed the following blood levels: Cocaine 0.010mg/| Benzoylecgonine (a cocaine metabolite) 0.4Omgr and The and the

Carboxy THC 0.10 mg/l resulted in the deceased being over the legal The level of the cocaine metabolite would have drug drive limit This did not contribute to this collision presently no Police raised concerns at the inquest that there was However West Midlands taxi drivers are over the drug limit whilst driving: system in place to monitor and check whether required for the safety of passengers They confirmed in evidence that some sort of testing was

Responses

1 respondent

Department for Transport

Central Government

Indexed date: 4 Jun 2018 PDF

AI-classified response stance Noted

AI-generated response summary

• The Department for Transport stated it had no plans to introduce mandatory drug screening procedures for professional drivers. • The Regulation 28 report will be considered by policy officials as part of their continuing work on drug driving.

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Dear Louise Thank you for your letter of 4 June 2018 to Chris Grayling; enclosing a Regulation 28 report on the investigation into the death of Imtiaz Mohammed. apologise for the delay in replying: am very sorry to hear of the tragic death of Mr Mohammed and the deaths of the others involved in the accident in question, for which offer my sincere condolences to their family and friends. have noted the detail of your report with interest; particularly your view that action should be taken to monitor and test whether taxi drivers are over the drug limit while driving: At the present time, there are no plans to introduce mandatory drug screening procedures for professional drivers. Police already have powers to stop drivers at the roadside if believe that the driver is impaired by drugs (such as cocaine and cannabis or alcohol and to charge them if they are found to be driving while unfit;, through drink or drugs. A copy of your Regulation 28 report for this case is with policy officials in the Department dealing with drug driving, and will be considered as part of their continuing work in this area kscc |s JESSE NORMAN they

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Investigation and inquest

On 21/12/2017 commenced an investigation into the death of Imtiaz Mohammed: The investigation concluded at the end ofan inquest on 29th May 2018. The conclusion of the inquest was Road Traffic Collision_

Circumstances of the death

On 17/12/17at 01.11 a serious collision took place on Lee Bank Middleway in Birmingham: An Audi A3 registration fontaining 4 occupants was travelling towards Highgate having come from the traffic island on Broad Street in the City Centre Audi car was driving between 94 and 10Omph on a road with a speed limit of 4Omph. After negotiating a slight left hand bend the driver of the Audi has lost control of the vehicle, crossing the oncoming carriageway. The Audi vehicle has then rotated to collide its nearside to the front ofa black Peugeot Taxi red Itraveling in the opposite direction. The taxi contained the driver and two passengers The Taxi has in turn collided with a silver Toyota Yaris reg AFOZKNC and then overturned. The Audi has continued to rotate coming to rest straddling lanes 1 opposite carriageway: During this, all 4 occupants of the Audi were ejected from the vehicle, two from the sun roof and two from the boot: None were wearing seatbelts One occupant from the Audi survived The 3 occupants from the taxi all died asa result of their injuries. The cause of the collision was driving a vehicle at excessive speed with defected tyres contributed to be driving under the influence of cannabis. Following a post mortem the medical cause of death was determined to be:

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Report details

Reference: 2018-0170
Date of report: 1 June 2018
Coroner: Louise Hunt
Coroner area: Birmingham and Solihull

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Sandwell Borough Council

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