Unclassified road crash in Mid Sussex RH15 on 16 November 2000 at 14:50 involving a Dennis bus
A car and a Dennis bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Mid Sussex at 14:50 on Thursday 16 November 2000. An 83-year-old female passenger in the Dennis bus 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
- 16 Nov 2000
- Thursday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9571, longitude -0.14142, in the RH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burgess Hill.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200047N129538
- Council area
- Mid Sussex
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 83, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing 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 200047N129538 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Sussex road accident statistics for 2000.