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C road crash in Wealden BN26 on 11 June 2009 at 13:50 involving an Optare Solo bus

A taxi and an Optare Solo bus were involved in a crash on a C road in Wealden at 13:50 on Thursday 11 June 2009. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jun 2009
Thursday, 13:50
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Optare Solo
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79969, longitude 0.15262, in the BN26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009470904199
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,991 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Optare Solo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    4,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare Solo)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 88, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare Solo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 83, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare Solo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 81, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare Solo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    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 2009470904199 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wealden road accident statistics for 2009.