Unclassified road crash in North Lincolnshire DN16 on 22 May 2015 at 18:40 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and an Alexander Dennis bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Lincolnshire at 18:40 on Friday 22 May 2015. A 64-year-old male passenger in the Alexander Dennis bus was 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
- Slight
- Date
- 22 May 2015
- Friday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55772, longitude -0.64678, in the DN16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scunthorpe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashby Central, North Lincolnshire, DN16 3DT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lincolnshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015160B01471
- Council area
- North Lincolnshire
- Police force
- Humberside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 1979.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Lincolnshire, 4 January 1979
2 m awayRef 197916T050001
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in North Lincolnshire, 1 April 1983
8 m awayRef 198316D100254
Slight
Optare Solo crash on an unclassified road in North Lincolnshire, 10 February 2005
8 m awayRef 2005160B00480
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in North Lincolnshire, 5 June 1999
13 m awayRef 199916B040299
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in North Lincolnshire, 25 February 1991
13 m awayRef 199116D100186
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in North Lincolnshire, 21 March 1992
22 m awayRef 199216D100260
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 64, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alexander Dennis)
- 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 2015160B01471 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 2015.