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A456 crash in Birmingham on 20 May 2008 at 16:00 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A456 in Birmingham at 16:00 on Tuesday 20 May 2008. A 14-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
20 May 2008
Tuesday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47367, longitude -1.91679, in the B15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ladywood, Birmingham, B15 1BF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200820F100402
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
456
Road type
Dual 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 200820F100402 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 2008.