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Unclassified road crash in Cornwall PL28 on 18 June 1997 at 16:37 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 16:37 on Wednesday 18 June 1997. The 10-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jun 1997
Wednesday, 16:37
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.5389, longitude -4.94608, in the PL28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Padstow.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750B321998
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 57 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

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 199750B321998 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cornwall road accident statistics for 1997.