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A215 crash in Southwark on 4 May 2001 at 15:30 involving a Leyland Aec bus

A Leyland Aec bus crashed on the A215 in Southwark at 15:30 on Friday 4 May 2001. A 38-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
4 May 2001
Friday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Leyland Aec
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48253, longitude -0.0945, in the SE5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Camberwell Green, Southwark, SE5 0DP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Southwark

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101MM00577
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
215
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Aec

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Aec)

    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 200101MM00577 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 2001.