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C road crash in Sunderland SR5 on 27 July 2016 at 16:45 involving a Volvo bus

A vehicle and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on a C road in Sunderland at 16:45 on Wednesday 27 July 2016. A 68-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus, an 81-year-old male passenger in the Volvo bus and a 25-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
Slight
Date
27 Jul 2016
Wednesday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Vehicle and Volvo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.92566, longitude -1.45081, in the SR5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Redhouse, Sunderland, SR5 4EW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016100107133
Council area
Sunderland
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1

    Vehicle type not recorded

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    9,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 81, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2016100107133 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sunderland road accident statistics for 2016.