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B5117 crash in Manchester on 28 December 2000 at 10:30 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus crashed on the B5117 in Manchester at 10:30 on Thursday 28 December 2000. A 65-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 2000
Thursday, 10:30
Vehicles
1
Dennis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45917, longitude -2.22784, in the M13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester.

Map of where the crash happened in Manchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200006C013229
Council area
Manchester
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5117
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    10,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    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 200006C013229 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Manchester road accident statistics for 2000.