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Unclassified road crash in Exeter EX4 on 10 February 1998 at 15:45 involving a Bristol (BLMC) bus

A Bristol (BLMC) bus crashed on an unclassified road in Exeter at 15:45 on Tuesday 10 February 1998. A 12-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Feb 1998
Tuesday, 15:45
Vehicles
1
Bristol (BLMC)
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7323, longitude -3.49046, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850D210752
Council area
Exeter
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

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
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bristol (BLMC)

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    10,450 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    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 199850D210752 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Exeter road accident statistics for 1998.