Serious A201 crash in the City of London on 14 September 2016 at 07:41 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus hit a pedestrian on the A201 in the City of London at 07:41 on Wednesday 14 September 2016. A 29-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Sep 2016
- Wednesday, 07:41
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51561, longitude -0.1048, in the EC4A postcode district and within the built-up area of City and County of the City of London. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holborn & Covent Garden, Camden, EC1N 7RR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016480119118
- Council area
- City of London
- Police force
- City of London
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 201
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4208
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2014.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A201 in the City of London, 29 August 2014
At the same spotRef 201401CP00229
Serious
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A4208 in the City of London, 28 September 2006
At the same spotRef 200601CP00266
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A201 in the City of London, 19 July 2003
At the same spotRef 200301CP00197
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A201 in the City of London, 8 February 2014
At the same spotRef 201401CP00044
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A201 in the City of London, 14 August 2014
At the same spotRef 201401CP00335
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A201 in the City of London, 13 March 2006
At the same spotRef 200601CP00060
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016480119118 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of London road accident statistics for 2016.