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A34 crash in Birmingham on 17 October 2000 at 10:50 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A34 in Birmingham at 10:50 on Tuesday 17 October 2000. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Oct 2000
Tuesday, 10:50
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49119, longitude -1.89555, in the B6 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
200020F256001
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
34
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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 26 February 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

    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 200020F256001 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 2000.