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C road crash in Ashfield NG15 on 9 July 2012 at 12:42 involving an Optare Excel bus

An Optare Excel bus crashed on a C road in Ashfield at 12:42 on Monday 9 July 2012. An 82-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jul 2012
Monday, 12:42
Vehicles
1
Optare Excel
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.03844, longitude -1.20408, in the NG15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hucknall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hucknall Central, Ashfield, NG15 7JD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201231A153112
Council area
Ashfield
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Excel

    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
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    6,370 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 82, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Excel)

    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 201231A153112 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ashfield road accident statistics for 2012.