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A610 crash in Nottingham on 3 October 2001 at 14:20 involving an Optare Excel bus

An Optare Excel bus crashed on the A610 in Nottingham at 14:20 on Wednesday 3 October 2001. An 84-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Oct 2001
Wednesday, 14:20
Vehicles
1
Optare Excel
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97743, longitude -1.19068, in the NG8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nottingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aspley, Nottingham, NG8 5HN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Nottingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20013102B1899
Council area
Nottingham
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
610
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Excel

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 84, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Excel)

    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 20013102B1899 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Nottingham road accident statistics for 2001.