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Unclassified road crash in Rushcliffe NG13 on 21 December 2016 at 20:00 involving an Optare bus

An Optare bus crashed on an unclassified road in Rushcliffe at 20:00 on Wednesday 21 December 2016. A male passenger was slightly 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
Slight
Date
21 Dec 2016
Wednesday, 20:00
Vehicles
1
Optare
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95215, longitude -0.9524, in the NG13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bingham South, Rushcliffe, NG13 8GP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushcliffe

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201631D264916
Council area
Rushcliffe
Police force
Nottinghamshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 July 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare

    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
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    6,374 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare)

    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 201631D264916 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rushcliffe road accident statistics for 2016.