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A4 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 23 July 2012 at 17:20 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus and a Ford Puma were involved in a crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset at 17:20 on Monday 23 July 2012. The 54-year-old male driver of the Dennis bus was 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
23 Jul 2012
Monday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Dennis and Ford Puma
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40112, longitude -2.45614, in the BS31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Saltford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Saltford, Bath and North East Somerset, BS31 3BA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012521204463
Council area
Bath and North East Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 August 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Puma

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,679 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

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 2012521204463 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 2012.