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Unclassified road crash in Leeds LS2 on 6 March 2000 at 19:05 involving a Bristol (BLMC) bus

A Bristol (BLMC) bus crashed on an unclassified road in Leeds at 19:05 on Monday 6 March 2000. A 75-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Mar 2000
Monday, 19:05
Vehicles
1
Bristol (BLMC)
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79789, longitude -1.5357, in the LS2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200013BA08700
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bristol (BLMC)

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    10,450 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 75, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 200013BA08700 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leeds road accident statistics for 2000.