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B5023 crash in the Derbyshire Dales on 29 March 2011 at 09:46 involving an Optare Solo bus

An Optare Solo bus crashed on the B5023 in the Derbyshire Dales at 09:46 on Tuesday 29 March 2011. A 79-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Mar 2011
Tuesday, 09:46
Vehicles
1
Optare Solo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.07436, longitude -1.57636, in the DE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wirksworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales, DE4 4DU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the Derbyshire Dales

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201130B000090
Council area
Derbyshire Dales
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5023
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Solo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    4,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Solo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 201130B000090 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derbyshire Dales road accident statistics for 2011.