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B2194 crash in Brighton and Hove on 10 October 1997 at 09:00 involving a Bristol (BLMC) bus

A Bristol (BLMC) bus crashed on the B2194 in Brighton and Hove at 09:00 on Friday 10 October 1997. A 71-year-old female passenger and a 79-year-old female passenger 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
10 Oct 1997
Friday, 09:00
Vehicles
1
Bristol (BLMC)
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83461, longitude -0.20653, in the BN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747CA70785
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2194
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 21 April 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bristol (BLMC)

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    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 199747CA70785 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brighton and Hove road accident statistics for 1997.