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Unclassified road crash in Darlington DL1 on 29 November 1990 at 09:56 involving a Bristol (BLMC) bus

A Bristol (BLMC) bus crashed on an unclassified road in Darlington at 09:56 on Thursday 29 November 1990. A 37-year-old female passenger and a 40-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Nov 1990
Thursday, 09:56
Vehicles
1
Bristol (BLMC)
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.52443, longitude -1.55562, in the DL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darlington.

Map of where the crash happened in Darlington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990110DJ4381
Council area
Darlington
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bristol (BLMC)

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1990110DJ4381 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Darlington road accident statistics for 1990.