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Serious A457 crash in Birmingham on 8 May 1989 at 16:00 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A457 in Birmingham at 16:00 on Monday 8 May 1989. A 2-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 May 1989
Monday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48449, longitude -1.92044, in the B1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19892000F0375
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
457
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
4540

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 1 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

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

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 19892000F0375 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 1989.