{"id":676375,"date":"2026-01-05T22:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/676375\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T22:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:41:13","slug":"bus-and-van-crash-near-asda-on-busy-birmingham-road-causing-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/676375\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus and van crash near Asda on busy Birmingham road causing delays"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bus and van collided in Small Heath at a roundabout near the area’s Asda store<\/p>\n

20:20, 05 Jan 2026Updated 20:55, 05 Jan 2026<\/p>\n

A bus and a van collided at a roundabout on a busy Birmingham<\/a> road during rush hour.<\/p>\n

The crash took place near the Small Heath<\/a> Asda<\/a> at Heybarnes Circus, where Small Heath Highway meets Coventry Road on Monday (January 5).<\/p>\n

The two vehicles collided around 6pm, leading to traffic congestion on Small Heath Highway.<\/p>\n

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The smash involved a National Express West Midlands X1 bus heading to Coventry via Birmingham Airport<\/a> and the NEC, according to the information on its front.<\/p>\n

The bus\u2019s windscreen was smashed on the driver\u2019s side, along with other front-end damage.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe windscreen of the National Express West Midlands X1 bus was smashed on the driver’s side<\/p>\n

The second vehicle was a red and white van, which appeared to have once been owned by the British Heart Foundation, with a faded logo on its front.<\/p>\n

It appeared to have suffered damage to its front passenger side, with its front bumper and number plate also dislodged.<\/p>\n

Both drivers of the vehicles were said to be men.<\/p>\n

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A passenger on the bus, who asked not to be named, said: \u201cThe accident took place at the Asda roundabout in Small Heath at Coventry Road at around six o\u2019clockish.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt involved the bus and a van. The driver\u2019s side of the bus took the most damage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere didn\u2019t appear to be any physical injuries but the driver was left in his seat until the emergency services arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n

National Express West Midlands said the incident at Heybarnes Circus in Small Heath led to its number 60 bus services diverting in both directions via Golden Hillock Road and Small Heath Highway A45.<\/p>\n

But that disruption had cleared by 8.30pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bus and van collided in Small Heath at a roundabout near the area’s Asda store 20:20, 05…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,10586,748,393,4884,16,15,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-676375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-bordesley-green-and-small-heath","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115844906433066347","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676375","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=676375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}