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Fatal A6005 crash in Broxtowe on 6 September 1998 at 23:30 involving an Optare Excel bus

An Optare Excel bus hit a pedestrian on the A6005 in Broxtowe at 23:30 on Sunday 6 September 1998. A 27-year-old female pedestrian was killed and the 35-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Sep 1998
Sunday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Optare Excel
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92649, longitude -1.20443, in the NG9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Beeston.

Map of where the crash happened in Broxtowe

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998317C41858
Council area
Broxtowe
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6005
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 serious injury crash on 15 May 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Excel

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Optare Excel)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Excel)

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 1998317C41858 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxtowe road accident statistics for 1998.