C road crash in Lambeth SW9 on 29 December 2016 at 12:05 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
An Alexander Dennis bus and a Jeep Wrangler were involved in a crash on a C road in Lambeth at 12:05 on Thursday 29 December 2016. All seven casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2016
- Thursday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alexander Dennis and Jeep Wrangler
- Casualties
- 7
- 7 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.465, longitude -0.11136, in the SW9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brixton North, Lambeth, SW9 8AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010009111
- Council area
- Lambeth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 1996.
Slight
Bus crash on a C road in Lambeth, 7 August 1996
At the same spotRef 199601LD00279
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Lambeth, 12 April 1997
At the same spotRef 199701LD00173
Slight
Ford Orion crash on a C road in Lambeth, 8 June 2003
At the same spotRef 200301LX00759
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on a C road in Lambeth, 25 January 2002
At the same spotRef 200201LX00099
Serious
Saab 900 crash on a C road in Lambeth, 11 November 2002
At the same spotRef 200201LX01640
Slight
Suzuki crash on a C road in Lambeth, 26 August 1996
At the same spotRef 199601LD00310
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- 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
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Jeep Wrangler
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,776 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (7)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 54, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 46, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 44, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 37, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 2016010009111 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 2016.