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B5006 crash in South Derbyshire on 27 September 1996 at 15:55 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus crashed on the B5006 in South Derbyshire at 15:55 on Friday 27 September 1996. A 7-year-old male passenger was 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
27 Sep 1996
Friday, 15:55
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.80882, longitude -1.48222, in the DE73 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Derbyshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996306D00737
Council area
South Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5006
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 1996306D00737 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Derbyshire road accident statistics for 1996.