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Serious A400 crash in Camden on 9 July 2003 at 13:55 involving a Leyland Aec bus

A Leyland Aec bus crashed on the A400 in Camden at 13:55 on Wednesday 9 July 2003. A 54-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jul 2003
Wednesday, 13:55
Vehicles
1
Leyland Aec
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5208, longitude -0.13096, in the WC1E postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bloomsbury, Camden, WC1B 5DN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Camden

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301EO01176
Council area
Camden
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
400
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
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 15 May 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Aec

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Aec)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 200301EO01176 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 2003.