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Serious A107 crash in Hackney on 11 June 2015 at 15:40 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A107 in Hackney at 15:40 on Thursday 11 June 2015. A 73-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus was seriously injured and a 58-year-old male passenger in the Volvo bus and a 49-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus were 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
Serious
Date
11 Jun 2015
Thursday, 15:40
Vehicles
2
Volvo and lorry
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55613, longitude -0.05553, in the E5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hackney Downs, Hackney, E5 8LF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hackney

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201501GD10439
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
107
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
104

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

Enhanced collision data

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    4,760 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    53 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 73, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

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 201501GD10439 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 2015.