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Serious unclassified road crash in Bradford BD2 on 6 April 2007 at 16:15 involving an Optare Solo bus

An Optare Solo bus and a Lambretta motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bradford at 16:15 on Friday 6 April 2007. The 48-year-old male rider of the Lambretta motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Apr 2007
Friday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Optare Solo and Lambretta
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.82548, longitude -1.74383, in the BD2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Windhill & Wrose, Bradford, BD2 1QE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bradford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007130298607
Council area
Bradford
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 June 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Solo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    4,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lambretta

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    43 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Lambretta)

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 2007130298607 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 2007.