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A404 crash in Harrow on 19 February 1998 at 22:40 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus crashed on the A404 in Harrow at 22:40 on Thursday 19 February 1998. A 16-year-old female passenger, a 19-year-old male passenger and a 15-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Feb 1998
Thursday, 22:40
Vehicles
1
Dennis
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59437, longitude -0.38293, in the HA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801QA00125
Council area
Harrow
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
404
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 31 October 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 199801QA00125 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 1998.