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Serious unclassified road crash in Bristol BS5 on 8 September 1993 at 15:23 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Bristol at 15:23 on Wednesday 8 September 1993. An 85-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Sep 1993
Wednesday, 15:23
Vehicles
1
Leyland
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45897, longitude -2.57669, in the BS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19935293B1070
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 7 January 2001.

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
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 85, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 19935293B1070 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bristol road accident statistics for 1993.