Road safety protest to be held at fatal Soho Road crash site

31-year-old Hizar Hanif was killed when an Audi ploughed into several cars in Handsworth, Birmingham.

Tributes to Hizar Hanif on Soho Road
Author: Hannah RichardsonPublished 3rd Mar 2024

A road safety protest is to take place in Birmingham today at the site of a fatal crash two weeks ago.

31-year-old Hizar Hanif was killed when an Audi ploughed into his car, and several others on Soho Road in Handsworth on February 18.

A woman was also seriously injured in the collision.

A demonstration organised by Better Streets for Birmingham, and other groups, will take place outside Handsworth Library at 1pm, as they continue to call for urgent action on road safety.

Matt MacDonald is co-chair of the group and said: "We're going to stand with the community from areas across Birmingham to show them our solidarity.

"Also, to express the changes we need to see to our roads and to our enforcement systems to make sure tragedies like these never happen again."

Mr Hanif's wife said he was "truly one of a kind"

A 25-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released under police investigation.

West Midlands Police has referred itself to the watchdog over how they dealt with calls made to them on the day before the crash, February 17.

The IOPC will examine whether 'opportunities were missed to prevent what happened the following day'.

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