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Unclassified road crash in Nottingham NG1 on 30 November 2002 at 15:00 involving an Optare Solo bus

An Optare Solo bus crashed on an unclassified road in Nottingham at 15:00 on Saturday 30 November 2002. A 1-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Nov 2002
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Optare Solo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95598, longitude -1.15729, in the NG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nottingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Nottingham, NG1 3GA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Nottingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20023102C3528
Council area
Nottingham
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Solo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    4,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 1, 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 20023102C3528 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 2002.