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Unclassified road crash in Derby DE3 on 17 September 2012 at 17:00 involving an Optare Excel bus

An Optare Excel bus crashed on an unclassified road in Derby at 17:00 on Monday 17 September 2012. A male passenger, a female passenger and a female passenger were 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
17 Sep 2012
Monday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Optare Excel
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91203, longitude -1.53288, in the DE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201230D001863
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
No

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
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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 July 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Excel

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    6,370 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Excel)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Excel)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Excel)

    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 201230D001863 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 2012.