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Unclassified road crash in Northumberland NE24 on 17 July 1997 at 15:44 involving an Optare Metrorider bus

An Optare Metrorider bus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland at 15:44 on Thursday 17 July 1997. A female passenger aged under 1 in the Optare Metrorider bus and a female passenger aged under 1 in the Optare Metrorider 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
17 Jul 1997
Thursday, 15:44
Vehicles
2
Optare Metrorider and bicycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.12059, longitude -1.52943, in the NE24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blyth.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199710C029997
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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 2 July 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Metrorider

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged under 1, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Metrorider)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged under 1, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Metrorider)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 199710C029997 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Northumberland road accident statistics for 1997.