Impatient BMW driver taken out by double decker when they went into bus lane

Dash-cam footage captured the moment a double-decker smashed into a BMW that pulled out into a bus lane while queuing in busy traffic.

Three people – a woman, teenage girl and a boy – avoided serious injury in the crash, which happened in Small Heath, Birmingham, on Wednesday morning.

Nobody else was hurt either, despite the BMW careering into three other cars.

Social media users have been debating who was in the wrong – with many pointing the blame at the BMW driver but others saying the bus appeared to be going too fast.

One commenting on the footage, obtained by the Birmz Is Grime blog, said: ‘Cars fault 100%, he shouldn’t have pulled into that lane. But why was the bus going that speed in the 1st place?’

Another said: ‘Even tho it looks like the bus was going fast, it was the car drivers fault of going into the bus lane – correct?’

A third wrote: ‘Ok so a car was in the bus lane* big deal. How did the bus driver not see the car??!! Plus the bus was going way too fast.’

Another put: ‘How is the bus moving like there is no car in the lane? Even if it’s in his lane, u don’t just smash the car out the way.’

One added: ‘Beemer driver needs to check mirrors.’

Damage to the bus after shocking dash-cam footage captured the moment it ploughed into a car after the driver pulled out into a bus lane (Picture: Birmz Is Grime/SWNS)

Three people had a lucky escape after the bus smashed into the dark-coloured vehicle, which then careered into three other cars in Small Heath, Birmingham (Picture: Birmz Is Grime/SWNS)

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called to reports of a multi-vehicle collision on Small Heath Highway at 3.40pm Wednesday.

‘An ambulance and paramedic officer were sent to the scene where, on arrival, crews discovered a bus and four cars had been involved in a collision.

‘There were three patients: a woman, a female teenager and a male child.

‘They were all assessed by ambulance staff but did not require hospital treatment and so were given self-care advice and discharged at the scene.’

West Midlands Police confirmed officers were called but nobody was arrested or seriously injured.

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