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Serious B4138 crash in Birmingham on 14 November 1980 at 16:48 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the B4138 in Birmingham at 16:48 on Friday 14 November 1980. A 21-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Nov 1980
Friday, 16:48
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5411, longitude -1.88642, in the B44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19802000D2997
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4138
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 19802000D2997 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.