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B135 crash in Tower Hamlets on 18 July 1997 at 08:35 involving a Leyland Aec bus

A Leyland Aec bus crashed on the B135 in Tower Hamlets at 08:35 on Friday 18 July 1997. A 12-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
18 Jul 1997
Friday, 08:35
Vehicles
1
Leyland Aec
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53088, longitude -0.04002, in the E3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701HT00351
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
135
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Aec

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Aec)

    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 199701HT00351 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tower Hamlets road accident statistics for 1997.