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B2131 crash in Waverley on 16 August 1996 at 11:53 involving a Bristol (BLMC) bus

A Bristol (BLMC) bus and a car were involved in a crash on the B2131 in Waverley at 11:53 on Friday 16 August 1996. The 46-year-old male driver of the Bristol (BLMC) bus and a 72-year-old female passenger in the Bristol (BLMC) bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Aug 1996
Friday, 11:53
Vehicles
2
Bristol (BLMC) and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08816, longitude -0.7222, in the GU27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haslemere.

Map of where the crash happened in Waverley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199645WF00352
Council area
Waverley
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2131
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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 22 December 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bristol (BLMC)

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (roof)
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 72, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    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 199645WF00352 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waverley road accident statistics for 1996.