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Serious A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 3 October 2015 at 20:05 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 20:05 on Saturday 3 October 2015. An 82-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Oct 2015
Saturday, 20:05
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.28006, longitude -0.40589, in the YO11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scarborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, North Yorkshire, YO11 1JR area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Scarborough district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015120175287
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
64
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
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    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
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    11,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 82, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 2015120175287 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Yorkshire road accident statistics for 2015.