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A4040 crash in Birmingham on 15 February 1980 at 19:55 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A4040 in Birmingham at 19:55 on Friday 15 February 1980. A 78-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Feb 1980
Friday, 19:55
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43411, longitude -1.87052, in the B13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19802000B0473
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4040
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

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 19802000B0473 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 1980.