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C road crash in County Durham DH3 on 8 January 2003 at 08:30 involving an Optare Solo bus

An Optare Solo bus crashed on a C road in County Durham at 08:30 on Wednesday 8 January 2003. An 11-year-old male passenger, a 12-year-old male passenger and an 11-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jan 2003
Wednesday, 08:30
Vehicles
1
Optare Solo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.83626, longitude -1.54674, in the DH3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200311CG03370
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Solo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    4,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Solo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Solo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, 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 200311CG03370 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the County Durham road accident statistics for 2003.