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A38 crash in Gloucester on 21 December 2012 at 13:25 involving a Scania bus

A Scania bus crashed on the A38 in Gloucester at 13:25 on Friday 21 December 2012. A 28-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 2012
Friday, 13:25
Vehicles
1
Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86431, longitude -2.21368, in the GL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gloucester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Elmbridge, Gloucester, GL2 0RY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Gloucester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012530207445
Council area
Gloucester
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
38

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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    9,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)

    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 2012530207445 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gloucester road accident statistics for 2012.