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C road crash in County Durham DL4 on 31 December 1991 at 12:56 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus hit a pedestrian on a C road in County Durham at 12:56 on Tuesday 31 December 1991. A 35-year-old female passenger and a 39-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1991
Tuesday, 12:56
Vehicles
1
Leyland
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.63435, longitude -1.64103, in the DL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shildon.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991111AK6727
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1991111AK6727 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the County Durham road accident statistics for 1991.