A61 crash in North Yorkshire on 26 September 2011 at 18:00 involving a Scania bus
A Scania bus and a Suzuki Jimny were involved in a crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire at 18:00 on Monday 26 September 2011. The 43-year-old female driver of the Scania bus and a 73-year-old male passenger in the Scania 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
- 26 Sep 2011
- Monday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and Suzuki Jimny
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97603, longitude -1.53326, in the HG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oatlands & Pannal, North Yorkshire, HG2 8JH area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011120163626
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 61
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 2005.
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 14 November 2005
At the same spotRef 2005123180630
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 7 December 1999
At the same spotRef 1999123410362
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 23 September 1980
10 m awayRef 198012B131880
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 27 December 1995
10 m awayRef 1995123610469
Slight
Fiat Tipo crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 20 December 1993
10 m awayRef 1993123540747
Slight
Car crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 2 July 1984
10 m awayRef 198412B073284
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Jimny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 73, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)
- 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 2011120163626 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Yorkshire road accident statistics for 2011.