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A630 crash in Doncaster on 12 September 2002 at 22:27 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus and a Ford Transit lorry were involved in a crash on the A630 in Doncaster at 22:27 on Thursday 12 September 2002. The 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit lorry, a 49-year-old female passenger in the Dennis bus and a male passenger in the Ford Transit lorry were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Sep 2002
Thursday, 22:27
Vehicles
2
Dennis and Ford Transit
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50707, longitude -1.15047, in the DN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Doncaster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hexthorpe & Balby North, Doncaster, DN4 0NJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200214AA00715
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
630
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 18 September 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

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 200214AA00715 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Doncaster road accident statistics for 2002.