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A196 crash in Northumberland on 13 May 1998 at 14:41 involving an Optare Metrorider bus

An Optare Metrorider bus crashed on the A196 in Northumberland at 14:41 on Wednesday 13 May 1998. An 80-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 May 1998
Wednesday, 14:41
Vehicles
1
Optare Metrorider
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.15868, longitude -1.60369, in the NE62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stakeford.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199810C020498
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
196
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
192

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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Metrorider

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Metrorider)

    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 199810C020498 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Northumberland road accident statistics for 1998.