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B2230 crash in Sutton on 11 December 2009 at 10:47 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus hit a pedestrian on the B2230 in Sutton at 10:47 on Friday 11 December 2009. A 71-year-old male pedestrian and a 43-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Dec 2009
Friday, 10:47
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34699, longitude -0.19548, in the SM2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Belmont, Sutton, SM2 6BG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sutton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200901ZT89002
Council area
Sutton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2230
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    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 200901ZT89002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 2009.