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A38 crash in Birmingham on 27 June 2003 at 11:45 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus and a DAF Trucks 220 bus were involved in a crash on the A38 in Birmingham at 11:45 on Friday 27 June 2003. All seventeen casualties were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jun 2003
Friday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and DAF Trucks 220
Casualties
17
17 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48615, longitude -1.89173, in the B4 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.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320F170901
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
4400

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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    11,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks 220

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (17)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks 220)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 12: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 13: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 14: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks 220)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 15: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks 220)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 16: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks 220)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 17: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks 220)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 200320F170901 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 2003.