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Serious unclassified road crash in Birmingham B2 on 23 July 1990 at 10:42 involving an MCW bus

A car and an MCW bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Birmingham at 10:42 on Monday 23 July 1990. A 60-year-old female passenger in the MCW bus was seriously injured and a 60-year-old female passenger in the MCW bus and the 29-year-old male driver of the MCW bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jul 1990
Monday, 10:42
Vehicles
2
Car and MCW
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47998, longitude -1.89542, in the B2 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
19902000F0612
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 20 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: MCW

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,045 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 60, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (MCW)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (MCW)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (MCW)

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 19902000F0612 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 1990.