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B691 crash in St Albans on 8 November 2013 at 17:55 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a taxi were involved in a crash on the B691 in St Albans at 17:55 on Friday 8 November 2013. A female passenger in the taxi and the 20-year-old female driver of the taxi were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 2013
Friday, 17:55
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and taxi
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7508, longitude -0.33256, in the AL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Albans. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peters, St Albans, AL1 3LQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in St Albans

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20134100F0725
Council area
St Albans
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
691
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    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
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

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 20134100F0725 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St Albans road accident statistics for 2013.