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This is the moment a National Express bus slides backwards on an icy road, only to be rescued by locals who rally behind the vehicle to stop it rolling.

As the ice created treacherous conditions on roads across the UK, the bus in Nottingham was trapped and onlookers filmed dozens of people rescuing the bus as it passed through the city last night.

Temperatures had dropped below zero in the Midlands and the bus, believed to be on the 450 route from London to Mansfield, rolls backwards down what appears to be a suburban street in the dramatic footage published on X.

GRAB: Moment National Express coach saved from sliding down road on ice by locals
It spins out of control on the icy road (Image: TikTok)
GRAB: Moment National Express coach saved from sliding down road on ice by locals
Members of the public stepped in to try and help the bus and passengers (Image: TikTok / rose.moorhouse)

The group of rescuers are filmed as they run the coach to help with the road clearly covered in a layer of ice with snow flurries.

Amazingly, they manage to stop the bus rolling back into danger.

There were no initial reports of injuries.

X user Jimmy wrote in response to the footage: ‘This could have gone very badly, someone slips and falls off a rolling bus.’

Meanwhile, a stagecoach in Scotland ended up in a ditch after skidding into a ditch.

KEELE - NOVEMBER 19: A person walks through the snow on November 19, 2024 in Keele, . The Met Office has issued snow and ice warnings across parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland, Northern England and the Midlands as a low pressure system from the Atlantic brings freezing temperatures. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)
A blanket of white has covered Britain this morning (Image: Getty)
19/11/2024 - SOUTH YORKSHIRE - Local TV image of a bus that crashed into the ice in Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire. Scotland has recorded its coldest early winter temperatures since 1998 as snow and ice covered areas of the country overnight. Temperatures below -10C were recorded in some parts of northern Scotland, including Braemar in Aberdeenshire, which reached a low of -11.2C. The last time -10.9C or lower was recorded on or before November 19 was in 1998. Elsewhere in Aberdeenshire, a Stagecoach bus ended up on its side in icy road conditions in the New Leeds area. There were no injuries. There are currently three yellow warnings external in place for snow and ice in northern Scotland, northern England and parts of Northern Ireland, the Midlands and north-east Wales. PICTURE: ITV1/UNPIXS 19/11/2024
A bus in Stocksbridge also ended up crashing into a house during the slippery weather
(Image: ITV1/UNPIXS)

Fortunately, there was only one passenger on board at the time and no injuries were reported.

The X67 had driven off the main road.

Weather conditions are expected to remain challenging for now, with several snow and ice warnings in place across the UK.

The Met Office has also warned that vehicles not properly equipped to deal with the conditions could be stranded, with power cuts possible and access to rural areas potentially cut off.

Nearly 200 schools were closed yesterday and an equal number are expected to be closed today.

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