Skip to main content
CrashStats

A611 crash in Ashfield on 18 February 2006 at 08:51 involving an Optare Excel bus

An Optare Excel bus crashed on the A611 in Ashfield at 08:51 on Saturday 18 February 2006. A 65-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Feb 2006
Saturday, 08:51
Vehicles
1
Optare Excel
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.08474, longitude -1.24122, in the NG17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Annesley Woodhouse. It is one of the crashes that make up the Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse, Ashfield, NG17 9DR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashfield

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20063102A0499
Council area
Ashfield
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
611
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
6021

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Excel

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    6,370 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 65, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Excel)

    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 20063102A0499 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ashfield road accident statistics for 2006.