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A638 crash in Doncaster on 16 April 2003 at 14:55 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus crashed on the A638 in Doncaster at 14:55 on Wednesday 16 April 2003. A 60-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Apr 2003
Wednesday, 14:55
Vehicles
1
Leyland
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.51964, longitude -1.13604, in the DN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Doncaster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Town, Doncaster, DN1 3EN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200314AA00331
Council area
Doncaster
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
638
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
630

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 16 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    10,450 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    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 200314AA00331 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 2003.