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B1025 crash in Colchester on 28 October 1996 at 12:27 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B1025 in Colchester at 12:27 on Monday 28 October 1996. The 54-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 66-year-old female passenger in the Leyland bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Oct 1996
Monday, 12:27
Vehicles
2
Leyland and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88086, longitude 0.90368, in the CO2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colchester.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964200E0429
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1025
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 19964200E0429 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 1996.