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B458 crash in Harrow on 18 August 2014 at 12:40 involving an Alexander Dennis bus

An Alexander Dennis bus crashed on the B458 in Harrow at 12:40 on Monday 18 August 2014. An 85-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Aug 2014
Monday, 12:40
Vehicles
1
Alexander Dennis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58003, longitude -0.33825, in the HA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenhill, Harrow, HA1 2EN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Harrow

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201401QA10386
Council area
Harrow
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
458
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    4,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 85, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)

    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 201401QA10386 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 2014.