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Serious B686 crash in Nottingham on 21 May 2001 at 07:30 involving an Optare Solo bus

An Optare Solo bus crashed on the B686 in Nottingham at 07:30 on Monday 21 May 2001. A female passenger was seriously injured and a 56-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
Serious
Date
21 May 2001
Monday, 07:30
Vehicles
1
Optare Solo
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95563, longitude -1.13363, in the NG3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nottingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. Ann's, Nottingham, NG3 2BL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Nottingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20013102D0177
Council area
Nottingham
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
686
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 serious injury crash on 5 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Solo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    4,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

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

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, 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 20013102D0177 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.