{"id":669420,"date":"2026-01-02T17:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/669420\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T17:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:31:11","slug":"birmingham-bus-ploughs-into-stop-outside-shopping-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/669420\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham bus ploughs into stop outside shopping centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number 997 hit a stop on Aldridge Road, near the One Stop Shopping Centre<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A bus has ploughed into a stop outside a Birmingham shopping centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The number 997, which runs from the city centre to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/walsall\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Walsall<\/a>, stuck the stop on Aldridge Road, around midday (Jan 2).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Fortunately, nobody was said to have been injured in the incident and the double decker bus was quickly towed away. Work is underway to repair the damaged stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/snow-birmingham-crash-breaking-live-33154874\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Read More: Bus ploughs into stop as Birmingham roads turn into ice rinks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The collision was one of many as freezing temperatures turned the region&#8217;s roads into ice rinks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">At one point, around 15 National Express West Midlands bus routes were affected by the weather but many resumed their usual route as the afternoon went on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on<\/strong> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"BirminghamLive WhatsAppLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/a>, <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Adam Slater, who filmed the scenes on Aldridge Road, said: &#8220;I left the apartment around 11.45am to go to One Stop Shopping Centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I returned home at 12 to find the bus crashed into the bus stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;It was extremely slippy everywhere like black ice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Meanwhile, buses were stranded on the Queslett Road and skidding at the Romsley Road terminal in Bartley Green.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Cars also slid into each other in Handsworth and Hockley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The council said the gritters would be out around 5pm on Friday (Jan 2).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They said: &#8220;Our winter service crews will carry out a precautionary treatment on all routes from 5pm today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Footway teams will follow with early\u2011morning treatments from 4am tomorrow to help keep priority areas safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The number 997 hit a stop on Aldridge Road, near the One Stop Shopping Centre A bus 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