Unclassified road crash in Rotherham on 14 December 1998 at 09:30 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 09:30 on Monday 14 December 1998. A female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 14 Dec 1998; Monday, 09:30
Vehicles: 1; Bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199814FF01105
Council area: Rotherham
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph
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: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Parked
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
30 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
Bus or coach passenger
Alighting

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 199814FF01105 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rotherham road accident statistics for 1998.