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B961 crash in Dundee City on 6 August 1997 at 15:15 involving a Bristol (BLMC) bus

A Bristol (BLMC) bus and a Renault 18 were involved in a crash on the B961 in Dundee City at 15:15 on Wednesday 6 August 1997. The 47-year-old male driver of the Renault 18 was 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
6 Aug 1997
Wednesday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Bristol (BLMC) and Renault 18
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.48669, longitude -2.90608, in the DD4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dundee.

Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199793973778C
Council area
Dundee City
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
961
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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 21 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bristol (BLMC)

    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
    35 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 18

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 18)

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 199793973778C in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dundee City road accident statistics for 1997.