A41 crash in Birmingham on 23 January 2002 at 16:30 involving a bus or coach
Two buses or coaches were involved in a crash on the A41 in Birmingham at 16:30 on Wednesday 23 January 2002. A 17-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jan 2002
- Wednesday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48769, longitude -1.90483, in the B19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown, Birmingham, B19 3SN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200220F036301
- Council area
- Birmingham
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 2000.
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 28 January 2000
At the same spotRef 200020F028601
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 20 March 1999
At the same spotRef 199920F067601
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A41 in Birmingham, 21 September 2008
At the same spotRef 200820F181401
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the B4100 in Birmingham, 6 May 2011
At the same spotRef 201120W023611
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the B4100 in Birmingham, 18 June 2025
7 m awayRef 2025201608321
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the B4100 in Birmingham, 25 August 2024
8 m awayRef 2024201483579
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 200220F036301 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 2002.