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B212 crash in Lewisham on 2 February 2017 at 11:01 involving an Alexander Dennis bus

An Alexander Dennis bus crashed on the B212 in Lewisham at 11:01 on Thursday 2 February 2017. A 52-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Feb 2017
Thursday, 11:01
Vehicles
1
Alexander Dennis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4653, longitude 0.00902, in the SE3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackheath, Lewisham, SE3 0RX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010015842
Council area
Lewisham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
212
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 2 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    8,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 2017010015842 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2017.