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C road crash in South Tyneside NE34 on 6 August 2015 at 18:25 involving an Optare bus

An Optare bus crashed on a C road in South Tyneside at 18:25 on Thursday 6 August 2015. An 11-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Aug 2015
Thursday, 18:25
Vehicles
1
Optare
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97292, longitude -1.43181, in the NE34 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Shields. It is one of the crashes that make up the Biddick & All Saints, South Tyneside, NE33 4RF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015100456315
Council area
South Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    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
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare)

    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 2015100456315 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Tyneside road accident statistics for 2015.