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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO12 on 26 August 1997 at 21:56 involving a Leyland National bus

A Leyland National bus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 21:56 on Tuesday 26 August 1997. A 5-year-old male passenger in the Leyland National bus 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
26 Aug 1997
Tuesday, 21:56
Vehicles
2
Leyland National and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.2763, longitude -0.41352, in the YO12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scarborough. The location was in the former Scarborough district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997122380755
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

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
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 serious injury crash on 17 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland National

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)

    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 1997122380755 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Yorkshire road accident statistics for 1997.