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Unclassified road crash in Rotherham S61 on 27 November 2009 at 09:22 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rotherham at 09:22 on Friday 27 November 2009. A 51-year-old male passenger in the Volvo bus and a 42-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus were 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
27 Nov 2009
Friday, 09:22
Vehicles
2
Volvo and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44435, longitude -1.39066, in the S61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Keppel, Rotherham, S61 3NU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rotherham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200914C152609
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South 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
T or staggered 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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    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
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 200914C152609 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rotherham road accident statistics for 2009.