A61 crash in North Yorkshire on 15 June 2016 at 10:04 involving a MAN bus
A MAN bus and a Ford Transit Connect van were involved in a crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire at 10:04 on Wednesday 15 June 2016. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 2016
- Wednesday, 10:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- MAN and Ford Transit Connect
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.13008, longitude -1.51109, in the HG4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ripon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ripon Minster & Moorside, North Yorkshire, HG4 1QX area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016120104958
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 61
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6265
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2021.
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Serious
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Slight
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MAN
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,816 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit Connect)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (MAN)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (MAN)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (MAN)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016120104958 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 2016.