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Serious unclassified road crash in Sheffield S2 on 17 May 2002 at 16:00 involving an Optare Solo bus

An Optare Solo bus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sheffield at 16:00 on Friday 17 May 2002. The 14-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Optare Solo bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 May 2002
Friday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Optare Solo and bicycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35651, longitude -1.44044, in the S2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheffield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park and Arbourthorne, Sheffield, S2 2BJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200214HH00432
Council area
Sheffield
Police force
South Yorkshire

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
Crossroads
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Solo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    4,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Solo)

    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 200214HH00432 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sheffield road accident statistics for 2002.