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Serious A6005 crash in Erewash on 19 March 2003 at 08:22 involving a Scania bus

A Scania bus and two other vehicles were involved in a crash on the A6005 in Erewash at 08:22 on Wednesday 19 March 2003. A female passenger in the Scania bus was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Mar 2003
Wednesday, 08:22
Vehicles
3
Scania and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.89651, longitude -1.34917, in the DE72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Breaston and Draycott. It is one of the crashes that make up the Draycott & Risley, Erewash, DE72 3PX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200330A000184
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6005
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2013.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 200330A000184 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Erewash road accident statistics for 2003.