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Unclassified road crash in Southampton SO14 on 27 September 1997 at 13:52 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus hit six pedestrians on an unclassified road in Southampton at 13:52 on Saturday 27 September 1997. All six casualties were slightly injured. Six of them were pedestrians.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Sep 1997
Saturday, 13:52
Vehicles
1
Leyland
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90595, longitude -1.40461, in the SO14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440SC0399
Council area
Southampton
Police force
Hampshire

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 slight injury crash on 27 March 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object off carriageway
    Bus stop or bus shelter
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 5: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 6: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 1997440SC0399 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southampton road accident statistics for 1997.