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Unclassified road crash in Chesterfield S40 on 6 April 2000 at 09:35 involving an Optare Solo bus

An Optare Solo bus crashed on an unclassified road in Chesterfield at 09:35 on Thursday 6 April 2000. A female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Apr 2000
Thursday, 09:35
Vehicles
1
Optare Solo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23688, longitude -1.42462, in the S40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesterfield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200030C000244
Council area
Chesterfield
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Derbyshire

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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
6543

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 June 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Solo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    4,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Solo)

    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 200030C000244 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chesterfield road accident statistics for 2000.