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Serious A5127 crash in Birmingham on 20 July 1991 at 16:15 involving an MCW bus

An MCW bus crashed on the A5127 in Birmingham at 16:15 on Saturday 20 July 1991. An 86-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jul 1991
Saturday, 16:15
Vehicles
1
MCW
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53923, longitude -1.82745, in the B73 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Sutton Coldfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19912091D0974
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5127
Road type
Single 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 May 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MCW

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,045 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 86, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (MCW)

    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 19912091D0974 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 1991.