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A1300 crash in South Tyneside on 4 December 2011 at 19:45 involving an Alexander Dennis bus

An Alexander Dennis bus crashed on the A1300 in South Tyneside at 19:45 on Sunday 4 December 2011. A 71-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Dec 2011
Sunday, 19:45
Vehicles
1
Alexander Dennis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97816, longitude -1.38437, in the NE34 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Shields.

Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011100718111
Council area
South Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1300
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 January 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    6,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 2011100718111 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Tyneside road accident statistics for 2011.