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A4040 crash in Birmingham on 10 February 2013 at 20:20 involving a Mercedes Vito minibus

A Mercedes Vito minibus and a Scania bus were involved in a crash on the A4040 in Birmingham at 20:20 on Sunday 10 February 2013. The 31-year-old male driver of the Scania bus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Feb 2013
Sunday, 20:20
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Vito and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46663, longitude -1.81038, in the B25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birmingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Yardley West & Stechford, Birmingham, B25 8YT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Birmingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201320T009093
Council area
Birmingham
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4040
Road type
Roundabout
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

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 14 November 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    9,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Scania)

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 201320T009093 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 2013.