Unclassified road crash in Worcester WR4 on 23 May 2009 at 11:50 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Worcester at 11:50 on Saturday 23 May 2009. A male passenger in the Dennis bus and a female passenger in the Ford Transit van 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
- 23 May 2009
- Saturday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dennis and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21059, longitude -2.1873, in the WR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Warndon & Elbury Park, Worcester, WR4 9XU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worcester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200922C902807
- Council area
- Worcester
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Worcestershire
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 1991.
Slight
Austin Allegro crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 19 January 1991
22 m awayRef 1991220401036
Slight
Mercedes crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 25 August 1995
22 m awayRef 199522CZ11247
Serious
Peugeot 305 crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 9 January 1992
22 m awayRef 1992220401010
Slight
Rover Metro crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 9 April 1994
22 m awayRef 199422CR04754
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 15 March 1980
30 m awayRef 1980220303038
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on an unclassified road in Worcester, 22 September 1999
30 m awayRef 199922CG12083
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,270 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 200922C902807 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worcester road accident statistics for 2009.