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A457 crash in Birmingham on 29 January 1980 at 12:54 involving a lorry

A lorry and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A457 in Birmingham at 12:54 on Tuesday 29 January 1980. A 44-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach and a 68-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jan 1980
Tuesday, 12:54
Vehicles
2
Lorry and bus or coach
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48089, longitude -1.90719, in the B3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19802000C0336
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
457
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 19802000C0336 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.