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Unclassified road crash in Sunderland SR5 on 23 April 1998 at 00:19 involving an Optare Metrorider bus

An Optare Metrorider bus and an MCW bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland at 00:19 on Thursday 23 April 1998. The 43-year-old male driver of the Optare Metrorider bus, the 64-year-old male driver of the MCW bus and a 38-year-old female passenger in the MCW bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Apr 1998
Thursday, 00:19
Vehicles
2
Optare Metrorider and MCW
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.92422, longitude -1.42017, in the SR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199810M017198
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria

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
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 6 November 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Metrorider

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: MCW

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    60 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Metrorider)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (MCW)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (MCW)

    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 199810M017198 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sunderland road accident statistics for 1998.