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Unclassified road crash in Swindon SN5 on 10 April 1997 at 09:30 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus and another vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swindon at 09:30 on Thursday 10 April 1997. A 3-year-old female passenger in the Dennis bus was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Apr 1997
Thursday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Dennis and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55567, longitude -1.83408, in the SN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199754DN02217
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

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
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 6 January 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    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 199754DN02217 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swindon road accident statistics for 1997.