{"id":267428,"date":"2025-07-16T20:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/267428\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T20:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:01:15","slug":"two-hurt-in-birmingham-road-car-crash-that-saw-buses-divert-around-scene-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/267428\/","title":{"rendered":"Two hurt in Birmingham Road car crash that saw buses divert around scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Both drivers were taken to hospital by paramedics after the collision in Shenstone, near Lichfield<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_shenstoneJPG.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Birmingham Road, Shenstone<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Two drivers were taken to hospital after a crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Buses were diverted around the scene in Birmingham Road, in the village of Shenstone, between <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/sutton-coldfield\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Sutton Coldfield<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/lichfield\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Lichfield<\/a>, after the collision today, Wednesday, July 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Two vehicles collided just after 2pm, with emergency services called to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/concerns-raised-over-police-training-32072879\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Concerns raised over police training after man shot dead by armed officers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Both drivers were taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment, although neither were seriously hurt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: &#8220;We were called to reports of a two-car collision on Court Drive in Shenstone at 2pm, one ambulance attended the scene. On arrival we discovered two patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;A man was treated for injuries not believed to be serious before being taken to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/queen-elizabeth-hospital\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth Hospital<\/a>, Birmingham. A second man was assessed and discharged at the scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/staffordshire\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Staffordshire<\/a> Police organised the recovery of both vehicles. A spokesperson for the force said: &#8220;We were called just after 2pm today to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> Road, Shenstone, following reports of a collision involving two vehicles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We attended the scene alongside colleagues from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-ambulance-service\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Ambulance Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Both drivers were taken to hospital by paramedics. Recovery was arranged for both vehicles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">National Express West Midlands said the X3 would be &#8220;terminating at Watford Road Hillock&#8221; at the time. The service provider said: &#8220;We apologise for any disruption to your journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Both drivers were taken to hospital by paramedics after the collision in Shenstone, near LichfieldBirmingham Road, Shenstone Two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,15263,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-267428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-lichfield","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114864697070083014","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}