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Fatal unclassified road crash in Redditch B98 on 26 March 1997 at 17:16 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Redditch at 17:16 on Wednesday 26 March 1997. The 7-year-old female cyclist was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 Mar 1997
Wednesday, 17:16
Vehicles
2
Leyland and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30341, longitude -1.89627, in the B98 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redditch.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722BP00888
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Female, aged 7, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199722BP00888 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redditch road accident statistics for 1997.