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B4128 crash in Solihull on 7 January 2000 at 15:40 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus hit a pedestrian on the B4128 in Solihull at 15:40 on Friday 7 January 2000. A 14-year-old female pedestrian, a 13-year-old female passenger and a 12-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Jan 2000
Friday, 15:40
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48549, longitude -1.75168, in the B37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200020L003001
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4128
Road type
Single 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    11,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

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

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    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 200020L003001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Solihull road accident statistics for 2000.